KOHAT, May 25: Three children received injuries when abandoned firecrackers exploded in Muslimabad area here on Wednesday.

The Bomb Disposal Squad said that a huge quantity of firecrackers was left abandoned at a garbage dump. The children found the firecrackers and started playing with them, they said. They added that the firecrackers exploded and injuring three children.

The injured children included six-year-old Najad Khan, nine-year-old Majid and minor Munsif. They were shifted to women and children hospital, where doctors said they were in stable condition.

Meanwhile, the anti-corruption department caught the assistant director of Kohat Development Authority red-handed while taking bribe on Wednesday.