At least five school children were killed on Friday when a toy bomb with which they were playing, exploded in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
The children had found the device in farms near their school in Neelam Valley in PoK, news channels said.
Three sisters are among those killed in the blast. According to a report, the injured girls had been admitted to a military hospital in the region. However, the three succumbed to their injuries..
Witnesses said they saw Pakistani soldiers searching the farms to find any such devices.
It is believed that both Pakistan and India have planted landmines along Line of Control, which cause such incidents.
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