Three killed in Palestine while making bomb

Three people were killed Wednesday when a bomb they were preparing went off prematurely in Palestine's southern Gaza Strip, a health ministry official said.

Spokesman for the ministry of health Ashraf al-Qedra told Xinhua that three people were killed and four others injured in a blast that shook the city.

Those killed were militants and were making a bomb, the report said.

Police have started an investigation into the incident.