DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Three minor brothers were killed when a toy bomb they had found in a pond went off in the Mehsud Koroona area of Tank district on Friday.
Police sources said that the boys, aged between five and 13 years, were taking a bath in a pond to beat the heat when they found a toy-like device. They brought it to their father’s shop and started playing with it.
They said the device exploded with a big bang, killing all the three on the spot. They were identified as Waheed, Nasir and Farmanullah.
Locals rushed to the scene of the incident soon after the explosion and shifted the bodies to the district headquarters hospital in Tank city.