One killed in bomb explosion

One girl was killed on Friday and five other children seriously injured when a crude bomb exploded near Gopalpura village of Mhow tehsil in the Army`s Hema field firing area.

Mhow: One girl was killed on Friday and five other children seriously injured when a crude bomb exploded near Gopalpura village of Mhow tehsil in the Army`s Hema field firing area.

The children were grazing their cattle and playing in the range area when they found a defused bomb lying there.

When they tried to open the bomb, it blew the head of the victim identified as Anita (12) while Deepak (10), Rachna (8), Kodiya (13), Nathi (8) and Rahul (10) were seriously injured by the splinters.

A passerby heard the sound of the explosion and took the children to Mhow civil hospital.

Anita was declared brought dead while all the injured children were referred to MY hospital in Indore.

PTI

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