Two more minor boys on Wednesday fell victims to bomb-throwing dirty politics of the country as they are now suffering in hospital beds with serious wounds.
Mohammad Lokman, 10, and his friend Tofazzel Hossain, 11, received injuries to their hands and bodies around 1:45pm as they tried to play with a crude bomb mistaking it for a red ball as it was wrapped in red scotch tape.
The bomb was lying abandoned in the field of Civil Aviation Staff Colony.
Tofazzel, a class three student of Civil Aviation Staff Colony, received wounds to his hands while Lokman, who left school because of bad results, received injury to his left hand.
Both minors were first rushed to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where the on-duty doctors transferred them to National Institute of Traumatology & Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (NITOR) for better treatment.
Tofazzel, son of Mohammad Jamal Hossain and Farida Begum live in a tin-shed house at the colony while Lokman, son of Mohammad Akkas and Ratna Begum, reside at flat number S/22 of the colony. Both their parents are fourth-class employees at the Civil Aviation.
Talking to the Dhaka Tribune Jamal said they had seen them playing with a red ball at noon. Suddenly the red object went off and hit the two.
Contacted, Abed Hossain, on-duty doctor of emergency unit of DMCH, said the condition of Tofazzel is not good as both his hands were badly hit. Lokman is much better as the bomb hit only one of his hands.
“Tofazzel’s right hand might be damaged; we have sent them to NITOR for better treatment,” he said.
Earlier, on October 29, nine-year-old Rahima Akhter suffered splinter injuries following a cocktail blast in the capital’s Jurain area while she reportedly had mistaken the cocktail for a plaything and begun to unwrap its’ tape right before its explosion on that fateful day.
Rahima, daughter of Sobahan Mia, lost one of her eyes.
Besides, on November 1, Murad, another 10-year-old boy, suffered splinter injuries when he tried to play with the cocktail taking it for a ball at the city’s Panthapath area. He received injuries to both of his hands and is still suffering.
