Boy, 11, in critical condition after home-made bomb explodes in front of him in China
Child was with friends when they found ‘iron egg’ in jar outside abandoned factory
An 11-year-old boy is in critical condition in hospital after he was severely injured when a home-made bomb exploded in front of him in southern China.
The boy, identified only as Xiao – or “Little” – Xiong, found the explosive device in a jar outside an abandoned factory in a village in Liupanshui, Guizhou province, Thepaper.cn reported on Thursday.
He had been walking with friends in the village of Zhongbei on Tuesday when they discovered the bomb, which they described as looking like an “iron egg”, according to the report.
Xiong took it home and it exploded when he threw it to the ground after his uncle, who was nearby, warned him not to play with the object.
Villagers rushed the boy to Liupanshui People’s Hospital and he was later transferred to Guizhou Orthopaedics Hospital in the provincial capital Guiyang.
