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Pakistan: 6 children killed in explosion

Pakistan: 6 children killed in explosion

| | 27 Jan 2014, 12:29 am
Hangu, Jan 26 : At least six children were killed as a bomb, with which they were playing, exploded in Pakistan's Hangu district on Sunday, media reports said.

 "The children were killed after a toy bomb which the children were playing with went off," District Police officer iftikhar Ahmed told Dawn News.

According to reports, the children had found the bomb in a field and they were playing with it when it exploded.

All the children belonged to the same family.