SRINAGAR – A minor boy was killed and four children were injured in a blastinside a residential compound in Occupied Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopiandistrict on Wednesday.
The explosion took place in the residential compound of Khursheed AhmadSheikh at Meemandar in Shopian district this afternoon, resulting ininjuries to five children, all aged between six and eight years, a policeofficer said.
The children were rushed to a hospital, where one of them, Salik IqbalSheikh, was declared brought dead, he added.
The remaining four include three boys and a girl.
They are undergoing treatment and condition of three is stated to becritical, the police officer said.
Initial investigations suggest that the children were fiddling with theexplosive when it exploded, he said.
An investigation is underway to ascertain the nature of the explosive andhow it reached the residential compound.