Two children killed in blast in Bangalore

Two children were killed in an explosion at the residence of a recently-retired military personnel in Bangalore on Friday morning.

Police said a fourteen-year-old boy, the son of the retired military personnel Inbunathan, and a four-and-a-half-year-old child of a neighbour were killed in the explosion that took place in Banaswadi in Bangalore.

The explosion was so powerful that it had smashed the skull of the four-and-a-half-year old child and severed the body of Inbunathan’s son. Police recovered a hammer from the site the explosion and suspected that the children were playing with an unspent shell, which led to the blast.
Inbunathan was away in neighbouring Kolar when the explosion took place. Police suspect that Inbunathan, who had retired recently from the military, could have kept at home an unspent shell, which the children fancied and decided to play with in his absence. However, a detailed investigation of the blast by the police is underway