8 Children Killed by Bomb in Scrap Heap
From Times Wire Reports
PAKISTAN
A bomb lying in scrap metal brought from neighboring Afghanistan killed eight children near the Pakistani border town of Miranshah, witnesses said.
They said the bomb exploded when the children hammered it as they sifted through a pile of scrap metal in Loli Saidgai village, about six miles east of Miranshah.
A ninth child was seriously injured in the blast, witnesses said.
Villagers said the scrap had been brought from southeastern Afghanistan after bombing there early this year by U.S.-led forces.
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