DUSHANBE, February 29, Asia-Plus  -- Four persons were injured after a grenade exploded in one of residential houses in the village of Tangai in the Vahdat district.

Qurbonali Muhabbatov, chief prosecutor of Vahdat, says the incident took place on February 27.  “The 11-year-old Abubakr found a hand grenade and brought it home.  The family were watching TV when the grenade exploded in Abubakr’s hands,” said the prosecutor.  “As a result of the explosion, Abubakr sustained serious injuries.  His mother, the 12-year-old brother and the 14-year-old sister were also injured.”

The Vahdat prosecutor’s office is investigating the incident.  “According to one of versions, the grenade is a legacy of the country’s civil war in the 1990s,” Muhabbatov noted.