Bomb explosion in a waste dump, kills five in Punjab

At least five people including two women and a child were killed when an unused armament shell exploded at a waste dump in Patiala in Punjab on Monday. Reportedly three people have been injured in the blast that took place in the house of rag pickers at Sikri Mohala. One of the injured persons, identified as Rajesh recalled that they had brought some scrap material, which went off as they tried to extract metal from it.