Philippines: Boys killed by hospital yard bomb

Two young boys were killed and another injured when a bomb they picked up in a hospital’s backyard exploded, police in the eastern Philippines said today.

Two young boys were killed and another injured when a bomb they picked up in a hospital’s backyard exploded, police in the eastern Philippines said today.

Senior Police Officer Jessie Go said one of two bombs found in Villa Hermosa village in Rapu-Rapu, a mining island township in Albay province, went off while the boys were playing with it.

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