Khursheed Ahmad Ganie (10) was fiddling with the explosive device when it went off outside his house at Poshnag Kreeri in Baramulla district of North Kashmir, causing serious injuries to him.
A boy was seriously injured today when a hand grenade he was toying with went off in Baramulla district of North Kashmir, police said.
Khursheed Ahmad Ganie (10) was fiddling with the explosive device when it went off outside his house in Poshnag Kreeri, 31 km from here, causing serious injuries to him.
Police said the boy apparently found the grenade from the scene of a recent encounter in the village. Two militants of Harkat-ul-Mujahideen outfit were killed in that gun battle with security forces.
Ganie has been shifted to a hospital, where his condition is said to be critical, authorities said.