Two children hospitalized due to explosion at playground in Kherson Oblast

3 June 2023, 01:52 PM

Two children, aged 10 and 13, were seriously injured after an explosion at a playground in the village of Zahorianivka in Kherson Oblast, regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin reported on Telegram on June 2.

"In Zahorianivka, two children were injured by an explosion of an unknown object. A 13-year-old child has shrapnel wounds to his limbs. The younger one, a 10-year-old, sustained an abdominal wound. The tragedy happened on a playground where the boys were playing," the message reads.

The boys were hospitalized, he said.

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"They are in pretty serious condition. The hospital staff are providing them with all necessary care. The older boy underwent surgery," Proskudin wrote.

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