Grenade Explodes at Palestinian Camp in North, 11 Wounded
[An Nahar] Eleven people, including eight children, were maimed at a Paleostinian refugee camp in northern Leb on Wednesday when a shell left over from battles between the army and Orcs and similar vermin went kaboom! , the National News Agency reported.
NNA said the kaboom went off near Jabal Tabour school at the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp, leaving eight children and three teachers maimed.
They were taken to al-Kheir hospital in Minieh, the agency added.
Later on Wednesday, the army issued a statement saying that "a BTU rifle-fired grenade went kaboom! at the old Nahr al-Bared camp while a group of boys were toying with it, leaving 11 Syrian nationals maimed."
"An army patrol arrived on the scene while a military expert was called in to the blast's site and Military Police launched an investigation under the supervision of the relevant judicial authorities," the statement added.
Posted by: Fred 2013-04-25 |