Kathmandu, November 9
An eight-year-old boy died after being struck by shrapnel while bursting firecrackers in Parsa district on Monday morning.
The deceased has been identified as Kundan Sahani of Ward 2 of Pakaha Mainpur Rural Municipality.
According to Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Chakra Bahadur Malla of the Parsa District Police Office, Sahani was injured in the chest while setting off a firecracker in front of his house at around 8 am.
“He had placed the firecracker inside an iron pipe and lit it. When it exploded, shrapnel flew out from both ends of the pipe, causing a serious injury to the centre of his chest,” Malla told Onlinekhabar.
Sahani was taken to Tarai Hospital in Birgunj for treatment. However, doctors declared him dead at 8:45 am.
