Five people were killed and one other was injured when a mortar shell went off in Nowshera district of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, Trend reports citing Xinhua.
The victims found the shell from a river bank where they were collecting scrap, and it exploded while they were trying to weigh it at a scrap shop, 92 News said.
According to the initial probe, it seems that the old shell has accidently exploded in the scrap shop, but police is making further investigations into the matter as the possibility of some terrorist elements behind the explosion cannot also be ruled out, said the report.
The injured man was shifted to a nearby hospital where his condition is said to be out of danger.
The killed people included the dealer of the scrap shop which was also destroyed in the explosion.
Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province Mahmood Khan expressed grief over the loss of lives in the explosion and sought a report of the incident from the concerned authorities after completion of investigation.