Two women were killed in a grenade explosion in Bandarban Cantonment area yesterday. The dead were identified as Saleha Begum, 30, and Rozina Begum, 17.
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Local people said Saleha and Rozina lived in a makeshift house on the bank of the Sangu river near Cantonment Public School and College and worked in the area as day labourers.
Saleha's husband Shafiuddin said their niece Rozina found an abandoned grenade at a place in the area at around 11:30am and took it to their house. As Saleha tried to pull the pin out of the grenade, it exploded with a big bang, killing the two on the spot, he added.
Local people said they have heard a big sound in the cantonment area at around 11:45am.
It remained unearthed as of 6:00pm yesterday how the grenade came to be there in the cantonment area. Local sources said the opposite side of the college is usually being used as firing zone. ''The grenade might be left there mistakenly during firing exercises," they said.
After post-mortem examination at Bandarban Sadar Hospital, bodies of Saleha and Rozina were buried at a local graveyard with the help of local municipal authorities. Local army authority has given money and relief goods to Saleha's family, her relatives said. |