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Two kids die as live shell explodes in Panchkula | At least two children died and five others seriously injured when a shell used
by the security forces exploded here at a scrap shop around 11.00 o'clock on Sunday.
The injured were rushed to the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and
Research (PGIMER) Hospital in Chandigarh . The incident occurred when a group
of rag picker kids were segregating the collected scrap and they incidentaly pressed
one of the live-shells and it exploded at the shop located in a slum in Azad Colony,
Sector 21 in Panchkula, around 10 kilometres from Chandigarh . "It was basically
an unexploded shell used by the forces. These are scrap dealers. They bring from
somewhere, where they have found. Today, it was hard luck for them. Two (of them)
were opening it by putting some force on it. Suddenly, it exploded and some children
were also playing that side. Two died on the spot and five of them are seriously
injured. They all are being operated," said Rajesh Kalia, Deputy Superintendent
Of Police of Panchkula. Meanwhile, a local resident said that this was the second
time that an explosion had taken place near the scrap dealer's shop. "This is
the second time a bomb has exploded at the shop. Earlier also, a shell had exploded
at the same shop. This shop should be sealed," said Jagganath, a local. |
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