BANNU – Six members of the same family died in a mortar shell explosion inside their house in Landi Dag area in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on late Tuesday.
According to KP police spokesperson Waqar Khan, the blast occurred when a 60-millimetre mortar shell exploded inside the house in the jurisdiction of Havid Landi Dak station in Bannu, killed a man, his wife, and their four children.
The family had found the mortar shell in nearby fields and kept it inside the house, caused explosion killing all six died on the spot, police said.
The law enforcement agencies have cordoned off the area to investigate the incident while the bodies were moved to District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital.
