Times of Islamabad

Toy bomb blast in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Toy bomb blast in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

ISLAMABAD – A toy bomb wounded seven people, including a minor girl inKhyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Mardan on Tuesday.

Police shifted the injured to Mardan Medical Complex Hospital.

“Three labourer brothers found a toy sunken under sand in the Mardan areaof Mayar,” Mardan DPO Sajjad Khan said.

“They were trying to open it when it blew up with a powerful explosion. Theblast wounded the brothers and four passers-by including a girl.”

The injured brothers have been identified as Haroon, Majeed and Rasheed,sons of Yar Muhammed. The passers-by including the girl have yet to beidentified.