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Two children seriously injured in explosion in Poonch

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Press Trust of India Jammu
Two children were seriously injured when an explosive device they were playing with went off in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district this evening, police said.

Tahir (11) and Wasim (8) were playing with some explosive device in Azmabad village when it suddenly went off, a police officer said.

It was immediately not clear which type of explosive device it was and how the children got hold of it.

The children were taken to the district hospital in a critical condition, he said.

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First Published: Feb 26 2016 | 8:48 PM IST

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