Wadh, Balochistan: A child lost his life while eight others were injured on Tuesday when a hand grenade exploded in the Zarchain area of Balochistan’s Wadh city, police said.
According to Wadh Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Abdul Manaf, the children from a madressah were “playing with the hand grenade when it ex-ploded”, resulting in the casualties.
He further said that the injured were immediately taken to a local hospital in Wadh. Two of them were being taken to a hospital in Khuzdar when one of them succumbed to his injuries, Manaf added.
The DSP further said that the area has been cordoned off and an investigation was under way. Previous similar incidents where people were said to be playing with similar dangerous objects have also occurred in the past.
Last month, nine people, including four children, lost their lives while a wom-an was injured when a “rocket launcher’s” ordnance exploded in a house in Sindh’s Kashmore district.
In April this year, a shepherd was killed in a grenade blast on the outskirts of Chaman when he found the hand grenade and started playing with it. –Agencies
