5 Children Killed by Mortar Shell
Associated Press
THEBES, Greece —
Five children were killed and one was badly wounded today when a mortar shell they found near their Gypsy camp exploded while they were playing with it, police said.
A police spokesman said the blast occurred near the Gypsy camp, about 500 yards from a Greek army firing range and just outside the village of Neochoraki. He declined to say what the shell was doing outside the range.
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