Suspected Tiffin Bomb Kills 7-Year-Old In Bihar, 2nd Death In One Week

On December 9, three children were injured in Momin Tola area where a crude bomb went off.

Two persons - one of them a seven-year-old boy - were killed in a series of explosions in Bihar's Bhagalpur area in a span of a week. The blasts have triggered tension in the communally sensitive area. No one has been arrested so far.

The blast took place near Maqdoom Shah Dargah.

The children were playing at the Dargah Ghat on the Champa river and seeing the new tiffin box in the nearby garbage dump, seven-year-old Amrit Das picked it up. As soon as it was lifted, the box exploded.

The boy was rushed to a hospital where he succumbed to injuries, reported news agency Press Trust of India, quoting Nathnagar inspector Mohd Sajjad Hussain.