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16 June 2009, 18:00 PM

NATIONAL

Our Correspondent, Kushtia

A child was severely injured when a bomb went off at village Chitholia in Mirpur upazila yesterday. Police and family sources said Zitu, 6, son of Aktaruzzaman of the village met the tragedy when he was playing with a polythene packet found by the roadside. The bomb kept in the packet went off blowing off the boy's right hand. Several splinters also hit his body. He was rushed to Kushtia General Hospital and later shifted to DMCH in the capital.