Two killed in West Bank blast

Two Palestinians were killed and a third wounded in an accidental explosion in a refugee camp, officials said today.

Witnesses said a man, accompanied by two sons, was collecting scrap metal in the Askar refugee camp.

Palestinian security officials said the man was cutting through an old Israeli military shell found in a pile of debris when it blew up.

The explosion killed the man and one of his sons, while the other youth was wounded, they said.