NEW DELHI: At least three people, including a 10-year-old boy, were injured in an explosion in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, officials said on Monday.
The incident occurred while the mosque management committee was demolishing an old structure to build a new mosque.
The injured have been identified as Mudasir Ahmad Mir (26), Ghulam Ahmad Tantray (65), and D A Lone (10).
All three were taken to the district hospital in Langate. Mir was later referred to the Government Medical College Hospital in Handwara for further treatment.
The cause of the explosion has not yet been determined.
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