Bombs spoil life of 2 schoolboys

The two are now fighting for life at Kushtia General Hospital with critical injuries from bomb explosions yesterday.

Doctors operated upon Khokon's left eye at noon.

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"We will go for a second operation at night (Tuesday) in our desperate effort to save his (left) eye", Dr. Akul Uddin, Resident Medical Officer (RMO) at the hospital told this correspondent yesterday evening.

"But we are not so much hopeful about the eye", he said.

The left hand of nine year-old has been badly burnt from elbow to the fingertip, he said.

Khokon and Tutul were going to school at Belghoria village in Kumarkhali upazila in the district at about 9 am.

On way, they saw a polythene bag on the roadside. The innocent tiny-tots picked it up out of curiosity.

Two bombs wrapped in the bag exploded causing burn injuries on most parts of their bodies.

Khokon is the son of Sattar Pramanik and Tutul is the son of Ayat Ali. People nearby took the two to hospital. Police rushed to the spot and recovered bomb splinters. They suspect the bombs were locally made.