Child killed in blast

23 October 2010 07:37 am Views - 4481

By Gandhya Senanayake

One of the five children who were injured in the blast this morning in Thakwa Nagar, Mutur died due to his injuries, police spokesman SP Preshantha Jayakody told Daily Mirror online.

The blast had reportedly occurred while the children were playing with a mortar fuze they found in a plastic bag.

The injured children were rushed to the Mutur hospital for treatment and then transferred to the Trincomalee hospital. The Mutur police are conducting further investigations. (Daily Mirror online)








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