Mortar shell kills three

Mortar shell kills three

ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AFP): Three persons, including a 13-
year-old boy and a local militia member, were killed and seven
others were wounded when a mortar shell they were tinkering with
exploded, a military report said yesterday.

The report to the military's southern command here said the
victims had found the unexploded shell last month in a corn field
in Tulunan town, North Cotabato province, and kept it in a tool
box.

On Thursday, the militia man thought of dismantling the device
but the bomb exploded killing him, the child and another person,
the report said.