3 children were killed when a bomb exploded with which they were having fun in Pakistan

Three children were killed and two others were injured on Wednesday when a bomb they found in a field in northwest Pakistan exploded, officials said.

Four brothers and a neighbor were having fun when they found the rusty bomb near a village on the outskirts of the northwestern city of Peshawar.

"The children were playing with the bomb first and then hitting it with a stone, which caused it to explode," said Mansour Aman, a senior police official.

Local police official Aziz Rahman confirmed the toll.

Incidents related to weapons remnants are frequent in northwest Pakistan.

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