vIndianz.com (10 Mar, 2010) — Kangra (HP): Three children were killed when abandoned ammunition exploded in Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra district near an Army firing range . The children were trying to remove scrap from the used mortar shells when the tragedy struck.
The victims are Shail, Rahul and Chandan from the Kohala village near Matour village, on the outskirts of the district headquarters of Kangra.
Two of the victims were brothers. According to police sources, the kids had tried to break the used shells of mortars near the Army firing range and perished. Three more shells have been recovered from the spot.
A search launched for the kids after parents lodged a complaint when their children did not return home from school on Tuesday evening led to the information about the incident. Their bodies were found in forests adjoining the firing range around 9 pm.
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