Boy injured after shell lying for over a month explodes in J-K

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Press Trust of India Srinagar
Last Updated : Aug 14 2017 | 5:02 PM IST
An explosive, apparently left behind at an encounter site around 40 days back in Kashmir's Pulwama district, went off today, injuring a boy, police said.
Seventeen-year-old Danish Ahmad Khanday was injured when a shell, he found near an encounter site at Bamnloo in Pulwama, exploded, a police official said.
The boy was taken to a local hospital from where doctors referred him to the SMHS hospital here for treatment, he said.
On July 3, an encounter took place at Bamnloo where three militants were killed by security forces.

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First Published: Aug 14 2017 | 5:02 PM IST

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