DERA MURAD JAMALI: Three children were killed and three others injured when a landmine exploded in Sanni Shoran area of Bolan on Wednesday.
Police said the device had been placed inside the house of a local man named Abdul Hayee Jatoi. The explosion occurred while the children were playing in the house.
“One of the children stepped on the landmine, which caused a powerful explosion. Three children died on the spot,” said police officer Jan Muhammad Khosa. SunriseThree other people, including two boys and a girl, were seriously injured.
Security forces and police reached the spot soon after the incident and shifted the bodies and injured people to the district hospital.
The deceased were identified as Nadeem Ahmed, Soma Khan and a teenage girl, Bakhtawar Bibi. Police said an investigation was underway to determine how the landmine was placed inside the home.
Published in Dawn, November 27, 2025