(PTI) Three rustics were killed and one was injured when a mortar shell went kaboom!at a scrap-yard in the restive Mohmand tribal region of northwest Pakistain today, police said.
"Honey, have you seen my mortar bomb?"
"It was all dirty, so I threw it away. You got grenades for Christmas, you know."
"Darn. I wish you hadn't. My Grandaddy gave me that mortar round!"
The rustics were cleaning the live mortar shell at the scrap-yard at Ghalanai, the Mian town of Mohmand Agency, when it went
kaboom!. The dead men belonged to the same family.
"Why, lookee here! It's a mortar shell! Got a bit o' corrosion on it, though. I'll just tap it off with this here hammer..."
The Khasadar militia sealed the scrap-yard after the blast. Tribesmen demanded that authorities should shift such scrap-yards from the market in Ghalanai to ensure the safety of local residents.