Child killed in grenade explosion in Kishtwar

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 14:08 [IST]

Jammu, Mar 6 (UNI) An eight-year-old boy was killed while a girl was injured in a grenade blast at Chatroo in Kishtwar tehsil of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources today said.

Sajjad Ahmed Wani, 8, was killed and his cousin Rukaya Bano, 6, critically injured when a grenade exploded in their house at Rather Mohalla in village Kucchal yesterday, the sources said.

The injured child was hospitalised with splinter injuries in her ribs.

UNI

Topics: INSURGENCY-JAMMU-CHILD

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