Two persons, including a six-year-old tribal boy, were killed on the spot and five seriously wounded in a bomb explosion in Churachandpur district in Manipur on February 26 night, police sources said. Hospital sources said that the condition of the hospitalised persons was critical.
The explosion took place at a house in Molkoi village in the district around 8 p.m. on Saturday. The dead were identified as Mangminlal, 6, and Langishang, 22. Reports said that the two had picked up the bomb near the training centre of the BSF located at Molkoi village in the district.