Kathmandu, May 1
For children died when an explosive device, which supposedly remained there since the armed conflict that ended in 2006, went off in Triveni rural municipality of Rolpa district of western Nepal on Thursday evening.
Rolpa of Province 5 is one of the worst conflict-hit districts of the country.
DSP Nawa Raj Pokharel at the Provincial Police Office says different police teams have been mobilised for investigation after the incident.
According to preliminary reports, the children who were returning after grazing cattle had played with the abandoned explosive, resulting into the tragedy, informs the rural municipality chair Shanta Kumar Oli.
The victims have been identified as Nokhiram Dangi (14), Bimala Khatri (11), Bijaya Khatri (5) and Gaurav Nepali (14).
Further investigation is underway.
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