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7 kids killed playing with rocket
A series of deadly incidents rocked Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan leaving at least 10 people dead on Tuesday.
From a pressure-cooker bomb, to a shooting and a rocket tip that exploded while children were playing with it.
Unfortunately, the latter incident was the deadliest, killing seven children between ages 10 and 14 and wounding two others, Kabul police Chief Abdul Rahman Rahimi informed.
“They had been playing with the head of the rocket, which had been left behind a long time ago — wrapping it up in a cloth and throwing it — when it went off, “Rahimi said.
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Three other people were also left dead in a separate incident when a pressure-cooker explosive detonated near a roundabout, Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said.
Seddiqi also said that Afghan political analyst Ahmad Saeed was rushed to a hospital after unknown gunmen shot him Tuesday afternoon in the volatile Asian nation’s capital.
It was not immediately clear who was behind the bombing or shooting.
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