Kupwara: A ten-year-old boy was injured on Thursday after an old grenade went off at Kanipora, Kalaroos in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district.
A senior police officer told Greater Kashmir that two old grenades were found in the area, “one of which exploded after the minor identified as Zubair Ahmad Khan, a resident of Khan Mohalla Kalaroose touched it causing splinter injuries to him”.
The boy was removed to a health facility where he is stable, the police officer said.
Meanwhile police has initiated investigation into the matter.