Imphal, December 15 2009: At least three minor children between the age group of five and seven years were killed when a handgrenade they were playing with unknowingly exploded at a village in interior part of Churachandpur district bordering with Mizoram today.

On the other hand, two of three bombs lobbed by suspected underground cadres exploded at individual homes located in Imphal while another bomb failed to explode.

The blast which claimed lives of three minor children occurred at Senvon village under Tipaimukh police station bordering with Mizoram at about 11 am today, police said here.

The three children were playing with the bomb they found at an isolated place in their village this morning.

Villagers believe that the handgrenade could have been fallen from underground cadres who took shelter at the village recently.

Bodies of the deceased children were badly mutilated, reports received here said.

A team of police from Tipaimukh police station has gone to the village after receiving the information.

Detailed reports are awaited.

The tragic incident happened two days after a mine-bomb went off at a village in Chandel district bordering with Myanmar on Sunday last.

At least four persons including a 15 year boy travelling in a Shaktiman truck were injured in the blast.

The mine-bomb went off at about 12.30 pm near the Holenphai village, about 10 km from Moreh police station.

The injured persons have been evacuated and being treated at Moreh community health centre.

Reports said that the mine-bomb exploded when a Shaktiman truck loaded with rice-bags was going toward Holenphai village.

The Shaktiman ran over the mine-bomb planted by unknown persons on the roadside.

Among the four wounded persons two were villagers of Holenphai while the rest two were the driver and handymen of the truck.

Conditions of one of the injure villagers serious, the report added.

Meanwhile, in an unrelated incident, suspected militants performed a fail bomb attack at an oil filling station in Imphal east district this afternoon at about 3 pm.

The hand grenade was later defused and disposed off by personnel of the state police bomb squad at an open place.

The hand grenade was deposited at NRL Oil Filling Station located at Khurai Thangjam Leikai on the side of the NH-150 (Imphal-Ukhrul) by the miscreants suspected to be militants.

Police suspect the bomb being hurled in connection with monetary demand from the proprietor of the oil filling station.

Another hand grenade was exploded at the house of an individual identified as Mayengbam Binod who is running a shop dealing with mobile recharge couple at Gambhir Singh Shopping Arcade this evening at about 5.40 pm.

The bomb hurled by miscreants went off main door on the roadside.

Some damages caused to the house.

Wife of Binod fainted when hear the blast sound.

She was immediately hopsitalised at a hospital.

Mention may be made that on December 11 last also a bomb was hurled by suspected undergrounds exploded at the house of M Pramod, younger brother Binod.

The third bomb reportedly exploded at the gate of the house of the adhayaksha of Bishnupur Zilla Parishad this evening.

The bomb attack was two days after four miscreants identified themselves to be cadres of a particular outfit set ablaze a vehicle (Gypsy) allotted to the Adhayaksha of Bishnupur district Zilla Parishad Sunday night at about 8 pm.

However, police when contacted said that no such incident of blast occurred in the area.

But local reports said that the bomb blast at her gate and no human casualty caused.

Mention may be made that the government vehicle bearing registration no.MN5A-2010 allotted to Kshetrimayum Sorojini Devi, adhayaksha of Bishnupur Zilla Parishad was set on fire by the miscreant of Sunday night allegedly for not allowing to lend the vehicle to them.

Four unknown persons who identified themselves to be members of UNLF entered to her house and asked for the key of the vehicle.

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