Bhagalpur: 2 schoolchildren injured in bomb blast at Nathnagar

BHAGALPUR: Two schoolchildren received minor injuries in bomb explosion in a bylane at Momin Tola in Nathnagar on Saturday afternoon. The children found an abandoned canister near the trash while playing there. When they tried to open the canister, it exploded.
Nathnagar SHO Sajjad Hussain said the injured kids are Class V and III students at a local school. “We are investigating the incident and trying to nab the culprits.Local antisocial elements are being interrogated,” he said.
Incidentally, it is the second incident of similar bomb explosion in the town in the past two days. Earlier, on Thursday, a bomb had exploded near a trash adjacent to railway tracks at Nathnagar railway station. A 40-old-person had died in the explosion.
“We have intensified the police patrolling in the sensitive localities and quizzing the antisocial and history-sheeters, who might be involved in the incidents,” said a senior police officer.