Rocket

Rocket event in Sindh, Kandhkot area, Pakistan on Wed 27th September 2023

27th September 2023

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A shell of a rocket launcher apparently accidentally exploded at a home in a remote village in southern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing at least eight people, including women and children, police said. At least two people were also wounded in the blast in southern Sindh province, said regional police chief Rahil Khoso. Investigators believe that family members took the unexploded shell home after finding it at a nearby open farm field.

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