Egypt: Three brothers die in mine blast

Published August 12th, 2007 - 12:09 GMT

Three Egyptian brothers died in an explosion of a leftover land mine they were toying with near Egypt's Suez Canal, hospital officials said Sunday. According to the AP, the teenage brothers found the mine in a village near the port city of Ismailia late Saturday, officials said.

 

The trigger went off after the youths started lobbying heavy stones on the mine, the officials said.