The six children, who lost their lives in a bomb explosion in Katsina State on Saturday, picked a military grenade and were fiddling with it.
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This is according to an investigation conducted by the police into the incident, which occurred at Yammama village in Malumfashi Local Government Area of the state.
SP Gmbo Isah, spokesperson of the police command, disclosed the outcome of the investigation in a statement.
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He noted that the investigation was conducted by detectives from the police Explosive Ordinance Department (EOD) and the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
Five others were seriously injured in the incident.
The police, however, put the death figure at five, adding that six others were wounded.
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Gambo confirmed that the five deceased victims were all “young children of one person, by name Adamu, of Yammawa village, Malumfashi LGA of Katsina state.”
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