3 children killed, 2 injured in Sar-i-Pul blast

SAR-I-PUL (Pajhwok): Three children were killed and two others were injured when an old rocket shell exploded on them in northern Sar-i-Pul province, police said on Friday.

Police spokesman Naqibullah Alamyar told Pajhwok that five children were playing with a leftover rocket shell that went off in Sayyad district at around 8am on Friday morning.

As a result of the explosion, three children lost their lives and two others who were injured were taken to Sar-i-Pul provincial hospital by security forces.

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