Two minor boys were killed and six others injured in an explosion of an abandoned shell in Shaheed Salahuddin Cantonment area of Ghatail upazila in Tangail yesterday.
The dead are Sujan, 12, son of Julhash Uddin and Naosher, 13, son of Rustom Ali of Kuichkhira village under Shandhanpur union.
The incident happened around 6:00pm near the field firing range during an army training when some boys including the dead and the injured entered the restricted area, said Mominul Islam, officer-in-charge of Ghatail Police Station.
The injured were taken to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) at Ghatail.
An Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) press release said the explosion occurred as the boys tried to break some abandoned parts of some bullets they collected from the firing range for "financial gain".
They entered the "danger area" paying no heed to the warning sings, it added.
The army administration gave assurance of bearing the treatment cost of the injured and providing other financial assistance.
News Source: The Daily Star (May 27, 2011)
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