India blast kills boy and injures nine

    A seven-year-old boy was killed and nine other people, including his mother, were injured in an explosion in India.

    The blast took place in a suburb in the north of Kolkata outside of a fruit shop on the ground floor of a multi-storey building.

    The child was severely injured and died later in hospital.

    Police initially believed the explosion may have been a gas cylinder blast but are now investigating whether it was caused by a planted bomb.

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