At least fourteen people including five children were injured on Saturday as a mortar shell fired from an undisclosed location hit a house in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border, according to sources.
The mortar shell exploded in the house in the Kachhi Kamar village of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province's Kurram district, partially damaging it.
Among the 14 people injured were five children between the ages of 5-11, sources said.
Residents of the village rescued the injured from the damaged house and shifted them to a hospital for treatment.
The local authorities have launched an investigation into the incident.
The mortar shell exploded in the house in the Kachhi Kamar village of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province's Kurram district, partially damaging it.
Among the 14 people injured were five children between the ages of 5-11, sources said.
Residents of the village rescued the injured from the damaged house and shifted them to a hospital for treatment.
The local authorities have launched an investigation into the incident.
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