Two boys aged 12 and 13 were critically injured in a grenade blast on Sunday in the Iranai Iluppaikkulam area in the Madhu division of Mannar. They were both taken to Vavuniya hospital.
The boys had accompanied their grandmother to the forested area near their home to acquire firewood. They had reportedly been playing under a tree and struck an iron object on the unsuspecting grenade when it exploded.
The Mannar Madhu police are conducting further invesigations into the incident.
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