INDIA: Explosion of army shell kills two young children

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Master Gunner
3 January 2005
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UA-01-2005: INDIA: Explosion of army shell kills two young children

INDIA: Army negligence
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The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to inform you of death of two young children on 20 December 2004 after the explosion of an army shell, which had been carelessly discarded in a tea garden next to an army training facilities. One year ago, Mrs Mithi Mangar, mother of the two young children who died, discovered an unexploded army shell in Karbala tea garden next to the Binnaguri Army Base Camp. Hoping that she could earn money upon selling the shell, Mrs Mangar took the shell home. However, on December 20, tragically, the shell exploded while Mrs Mangar's two children, 14-year-old Yubaraj and 2-year-old Kakshmi, were handling the shell and killed them both. Lakshmi's sister, Sunita (13), was also severely injured on her leg in the blast.

You can read the full details here:

http://www.ahrchk.net/ua/mainfile.php/2005/906/
 
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