At least four schoolchildren were injured after a bomb explosion inside a classroom in north-western Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local police confirmed on Saturday.

The incident took place on Friday in Jamrud tehsil, Khyber district, which lies along the border with Afghanistan.

Toy bomb blast

According to the school administration, a fourth-grade pupil found what he believed to be a toy on his way to school. The object, however, was an unexploded mortar shell, commonly referred to as a “toy bomb" in the region. He carried it into his classroom, where it detonated, injuring four students.

Authorities say such devices are remnants of decades of conflict and militant activity along the Afghan border, and are often mistaken by children for harmless toys. Police teams have laun

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