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Title: As Pakistan-India tensions flare, a child mistakes a bomb for a toy
Post by: TomSea on August 11, 2019, 10:07:26 am

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August 11, 2019 / 3:59 AM / Updated an hour ago
As Pakistan-India tensions flare, a child mistakes a bomb for a toy
Saad Sayeed

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“He found a bomb that looked like a toy and he brought it here,” said Ali’s uncle, Abdul Qayyum, pointing to their home.

Ali showed the “toy” to his siblings as the family sat down to breakfast. It exploded, killing Ali and wounding eight of his siblings, his mother and a young cousin.

“They tried to snatch it from him and then it exploded. He died on the spot,” Qayyum said, adding that two of the children are in hospital in critical condition.

Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-kashmir-pakistan-border-idUSKCN1V107K (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-kashmir-pakistan-border-idUSKCN1V107K)