Mathura:
Three people, including a five-year-old boy, were killed and five injured in a blast in a scrap dealer's shop in Mathura on Wednesday afternoon.
The blast occurred when the victims were extricating metal from a used army shell, UP Additional Director General of Police (Brij Lal) said in Lucknow.
The dead were two youths, both aged around 25 years, and a five-year-old boy, he said.
Four sons of the scrap dealer were among the injured; the ADGP said adding a woman, who was seriously wounded, was rushed to Agra.
Earlier, police in Mathura said six people were killed in the explosion in the scrap dealer's shop.
The blast occurred when the victims were extricating metal from a used army shell, UP Additional Director General of Police (Brij Lal) said in Lucknow.
The dead were two youths, both aged around 25 years, and a five-year-old boy, he said.
Four sons of the scrap dealer were among the injured; the ADGP said adding a woman, who was seriously wounded, was rushed to Agra.
Earlier, police in Mathura said six people were killed in the explosion in the scrap dealer's shop.
