Two killed as dud shells go off

PESHAWAR: Two persons were killed and four others sustained injuries when explosives went off in a warehouse on Ring Road on Tuesday.

The police said that three dud shells were lying in a scrap godown of an Afghan national Asal Khan on Ring Road near Hazarkhwani. They said the shells went off all of a sudden, killing two young boys, Asad and Misal Khan, and injuring four others.

The explosions triggered fire that engulfed the entire godown. The bomb disposal unit experts rushed to the area. The official said the scrap in the godown included dud rocket and mortar shells. The owner has escaped as a case was registered. A number of scrap godowns in Peshawar used to import or smuggle scrap from Afghanistan that mostly contains explosives. http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-2-193375-Two-killed-as-dud-shells-go-off