Two boys injured as grenade goes off accidentally in Pulwama

Srinagar: Two boys were injured when a grenade they were toying with went off in Pulwama district of south Kashmir on Friday, officials said.

They said Sharafat Bashir and Junaid Bilal, both 13, were fiddling with the explosive device when it went off near Rahmoo, causing serious injuries to one of them.

A doctor at PHC Rahmoo said that condition of Junaid is critical as he has suffered serious wounds in his head.

Both were shifted to PHC Rahmoo from where they were shifted to district hospital Pulwama.

Reports said the boys apparently found the grenade from the scene of an encounter at Drabgam, nearly five kilometers from spot where the explosive went off.

Two militants of Jaish-e-Mohammad outfit were killed in an overnight gunbattle with government forces. (GNS)