12-Year-Old Boy Killed in Explosion of Old Munition in Eastern Afghanistan
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - A 12-year-old boy has been killed after an old piece of unexploded ordnance detonated while he was playing with it in eastern Nangarhar province, local Taliban officials said. The incident occurred on Sunday evening, October 25, in the Gandumak area of Sherzad district, according to a statement from the Taliban governor’s media office in Nangarhar.
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[Claude, second read] Rates it MEDIUM, not HIGH. one child killed by old unexploded ordnance, a death in a single incident. Lowered from HIGH to MEDIUM.
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