Srinagar, Mar 27, 2013: A 16 year old boy was injured in a littered explosive blast in Baramulla district. 16-year-old Mohammad Maqsood Mir son of Mohammad Afzal Mir was injured after some explosive went off when he was clearing the field at Danisayyidan in Uri area of the district, a senior police officer in Baramulla told media men. He said Masood received injuries in the leg and was hospitalized.
Locals said the blast was powerful and shook residential houses in the area. During more than two years, police records maintain that littered explosives led to death of around 30 persons. As per the records same number of people suffered grievous injuries in similar accidents. Police records further maintain that most of the persons killed in littered explosive blasts were children. It adds that more than a dozen were also maimed.