Child dies as dud shell goes off

Naila, a resident of Amangarh, told police that her son Ahmad Umar, 5, had brought a shell home

By Our Correspondent
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January 21, 2024
An ambulance can be seen approaching the scene. — AFP/File

NOWSHERA: A child was killed and two women sustained serious injuries when a mortar shell exploded inside a house in Amangarh area in the district on Saturday.

Naila, a resident of Amangarh, told the police that her son Ahmad Umar, 5, had brought a shell home.

She said that he was breaking the shell when it exploded. Ahmad was killed on the spot while Naila and her sister-in-law Shahida sustained serious injuries. Upon receiving information, the Rescue 1122 rushed to the spot and shifted the body and injured to the Qazi Hussain Ahmad Medical Complex.