Land Mine Detonates, Killing 3 People In Hakkari

SEMDINLI - A land mine detonated in Semdinli town of Turkey's eastern city of Hakkari, killing 3 people and injuring 3 others.
Sources said on Tuesday that two children found a land mine in a vacant field and took it to their house in Gelisen village of Semdinli.
The land mine detonated while they were fiddling with it. In the blast, two children and one elder person died and three people including a child were injured.
The injured people were taken to Hakkari State Hospital with a military helicopter.
(GC-MS) 05.10.2004