A 17-year-old boy was killed on Saturday when a container bomb exploded in a garbage dump in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, police told news agency PTI. The incident happened in Ajamtala behind Rahara police station, around 15 km from Kolkata, they said.
The bomb which was in a container exploded after Sheik Salim took it after from his father and threw it towards a lamppost. Shiekh’s father found the container while clearing the garbage dump, police said.
“Sheikh was first rushed to Barrackpore BN Bose Sub-divisional Hospital, and then to Sagar Dutta Hospital where he was declared brought dead,” a senior police officer said.
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Source: ABP Live