(gazettengr.com)
Two children were killed and 34 people injured in a grenade explosion in South Sudan, local media reported Sunday.
Radio Tamazuj reported that the incident happened at a party in Aweil West County in South Sudan’s Northern Bahr el Ghazal.
Police spokesperson Guot Akol told Radio Tamazuj that there was one personnel from the “wounded heroes who exploded the bomb (grenade) while he was drunk.”
He added, “Thirty-four people, including two police officers, were badly wounded, and two children passed on.”
The injured include minors between the ages of 11 and 16. The attacker has not been arrested.
(NAN)
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