Mortar explosion kills child in Orakzai Agency

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A mortar shell blast in Orakzai Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) killed a child on Thursday.

Security officials told English daily that the child was playing near an abandoned field in Utmankhel when his foot landed on an old mortar shell.

Consequently, a blast took place which killed him on the spot.

Later, security forces cordoned off the area and a search operation is underway to find more of these explosives in the village.