The Hindu, April 17, 2007


Three children killed in blast in Afghanistan (Video Clip)

The school shares a compound with a military base in the city of Herat

Kabul: An old artillery shell exploded outside a school compound in western Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing three children and wounding four others, an official said.

The blast occurred at a school which shares a compound with a military base in the city of Herat, said Noor Khan Nekzad, a spokesman for provincial police chief.

An initial investigation suggested that the blast was accidental and was set off by children playing near the buried device, Nekzad said. - AP

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