Pakistan bomb kills 12 children who thought it was a toy

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Source: ny daily news

Twelve children who mistook a homemade bomb for a toy were killed in Pakistan on Saturday when the device exploded as they played with it, officials said.

"Seven of the children belonged to the same family. Five of them are girls," police official Said Zaman said.

Zaman said the homemade bomb looked like a soccer ball. He said the children were between 5 and 13 years old.

"The children started playing with the bomb and all of a sudden it exploded," Zaman said. Three other children were critically injured.

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