Four children who were unwittingly playing with an unexploded shell in Afghanistan have died.
Another three were injured in the tragedy, which happened in the southern province of Helman.
The troubled region has been plagued by war for decades and the danger posed by stray ordnance is an ongoing problem.
It happened when the children took it inside their religious school after finding it outside, local police said.
The children were aged seven to 14, according to officers, but no other details were provided.
Three of the children in Saturday’s explosion were killed immediately.
A girl later died from her wounds at the hospital in Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital, according to a doctor there.
Children often collect scrap metal to sell to support their families and there have been previous cases of similar deaths and injuries.
A year on from the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the country continues to be blighted by sectarian violence.
An explosion tore through a crowded mosque in the city of Herat on Friday, killing at least 18 people.
A prominent cleric close to the Taliban was among them, according to a local medic.
The bomb went off during Friday noon prayers, when mosques are full of worshippers.
No group immediately claimed the attack but similar attacks in recent months have been carried out by Isis.
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