West Bengal: Three minor boys wounded in a crude bomb explosion in Murshidabad
Three minor boys were wounded after a crude bomb went off at House Nagar village under Farakka police station in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, police said on Wednesday.
All three injured boys were admitted to a hospital as one of them suffered critical wounds.
The boys whilst on the way to the school found a round-shaped object and as one of them picked it up assuming it could be a ball lying near a pond, the crude bomb went off wounding all.
The mishap happened around 0800 hours on Wednesday.
The trio were admitted to the Jangipur Mahakuma hospital.
Meanwhile, police also unearthed a drum full of crude bombs, concealed in a bush at Harihar Para village, also in Murshidabad.
Police called the bomb defusing squad to deactivate the explosives.
(With UNI inputs)
IBNS
Senior Staff Reporter at Northeast Herald, covering news from Tripura and Northeast India.
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