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3 brothers killed in grenade blast
 Three brothers were killed and their parents injured when a hand grenade exploded at their home in Dringar near Mastung on Monday evening. The district administrative office said that Khan Jan, a farmer, and his three sons were working in their fields when the brothers, - Raza Muhammad, 12, Ehsanullah, 16, and Inayat Khan, 18 - found a box with grenades in it. The bothers took them home in the evening as toys. They were handling the grenades when one of them exploded. The three brothers were killed while their father Khan Jan and mother were wounded seriously. They are being treated in a hospital in Quetta. Iqbal Zehri, the nazim of Mastung tehsil, said that Afghan refugees were previously living in the area where the box was found. He said it was not clear if the refugees had put the box there or if saboteurs had kept it there. Police said they are investigating.
Posted by: Fred 2005-01-11 |
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