The Liozno District Executive Committee provides necessary assistance to the parents of children injured by the shell explosion

April 23, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. The Liozno District Executive Committee is providing all necessary assistance to the parents of children injured in the shell explosion, the head of the ideological work department of the Liozno District Executive Committee, Alexander Piuta, told a BELTA correspondent. According to him, local authorities have taken over all funeral expenses for the deceased 11-year-old boy. The parents of the three injured children are receiving psychological support, as well as other necessary assistance. "In the coming days, the district will conduct widespread information campaigns on safety precautions and rules of conduct when discovering dangerous or suspicious objects," the source emphasized. The tragedy occurred the day before around 4:30 p.m. on the outskirts of the village of Pnevo. As clarified by the prosecutor of the Liozno district, Vyacheslav Kotov, to a BELTA correspondent, the boy found a World War II shell and tried to dismantle it, which resulted in an explosion. The child died on the spot from numerous injuries. His 9-year-old sister, as well as a 6-year-old girl and an 8-year-old boy, who were playing with the deceased, received mine-explosive injuries and shrapnel wounds. They were provided with first emergency medical care at the Liozno District Hospital. Then, the children were transported by ambulance to the Vitebsk Children's Regional Clinical Hospital. Their condition is assessed as moderate, with no threat to life. The district prosecutor's office is conducting an investigation into the explosion. "The results of the explosive technical examination will show exactly what explosive device caused the death and injury of the children. In addition, it will be necessary to precisely establish when and where the deceased boy found the shell, and who was supervising the children at the time of the incident," Vyacheslav Kotov added. -0-