Child injured by cluster munition explosion after man brings it home

In Mykolaiv Oblast, a man brought home a cluster munition he found in the garden. The ammunition exploded near a nine-year-old boy.

Source: Serhii Shaikhet, Head of Police in Mykolaiv Oblast, on Telegram

Details: It is reported that the incident took place in the village of Lymany, in the Halitsynivka hromada [an administrative unit designating a town, village or several villages and their adjacent territories – ed.].

The man found an unexploded cluster munition in the garden, brought it home and left it in the yard, and went about  his business.

At that same time, a nine-year-old boy was riding a scooter in the yard. The cluster munition detonated and the child received shrapnel injuries.

The boy was taken to the hospital, now doctors are fighting for his life.

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