Citing the spokesperson for the Bannu region police, Aamir Khan, Dawn reported that children "discovered" the shell in a nearby field and, mistaking it for a toy, brought it back to their village in Sorband.
Tribesmen staged a protest outside the Azam Warsak police station, demanding justice and compensation following a mortar shell explosion in Birmal tehsil, Lower South Waziristan, as reported by the Dawn.