Grenade kills two children who mistook it for a toy in eastern DRC

Grenade

Two children have died and six people been wounded in eastern DR Congo after a grenade they discovered during a bird-hunt exploded, officials say. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

Two children have died and six people been wounded in eastern DR Congo after a grenade they discovered during a bird-hunt exploded, local officials said on Tuesday. 

A group of youngsters had been hunting for birds Monday in a field near Ndunda, on the Ruzizi plain in South Kivu province, when they stumbled across the grenade.