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.