Pak: Two killed, 3 injured as children playing with old mortar shell explodes

The children were playing with the mortar shell in a field, unaware of it being a bomb when it went off injuring five of them, police said.

At least two children were killed and three others injured when an old mortar shell they were playing with exploded in Pakistan's restive northwest tribal region on Wednesday, police said.

The incident occurred in Nelaram Swat District of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

The children were playing with the mortar shell in a field, unaware of it being a bomb when it went off injuring five of them, police said.

While two of the injured succumbed to the injuries in a hospital, three others are ongoing treatment, police added.