Accidental grenade blast in Himachal army range kills three kids

Three children were killed in a grenade blast after they strayed into the army firing range at Kohala village here and fiddled with a live explosive, police said today.
     
The children, two of them siblings, had entered the firing range last afternoon and found three grenades. They started playing with one of them and it exploded, SP Atul Fulzele told PTI.
     
Villagers heard the blast but thought it might be part of the army exercise. But, when the children did not return home till evening, a search was conducted and the bodies were found, the police officer said.
      
They were identified as Sahil (13) and Rahul (12), both brothers, and their friend Chandan (11). The three hailed from Kohala village, about 15 km from here, police said.
      
The two other live grenades were defused.