Bomb injures three teenagers at Tollygunj basti

Three teenagers were injured when a crude bomb they mistook for a ball, exploded in Tollygunj area of the metropolis today, police sources said.

The three children aged between 13 and 14 years were injured when they picked up the crude bomb from a waste dump at 3:00 pm, the sources said.

One was admitted to the SSKM and the other two to the Bangur General Hospital, they said.

A bomb disposal squad was sent to the spot, they added.