Child killed, another injured in central Kashmir blast

Srinagar, May 19 : A child was killed and another was injured in a blast in the central Kashmir district of Badgam, official sources said.

They said two children were fiddling with an unexploded shell at village Khag in Badgam district when it suddenly exploded.

Both the children were injured critically, sources said, adding the injured were rushed to hospital where one of them died.

What caused the blast was being investigated, they said, adding further details are awaited.