12-year-old dies from exploding grenade while scavenging
A 12-year-old girl named Angel Malid died instantly on Wednesday, August 20, after a grenade she found exploded in her hands in General Santos City.
Investigators believe the victim may have accidentally triggered the blast while removing the safety pin of the fragmentation grenade.
Angel was an out-of-school child who helped her parents collect and sell recyclable materials for income.
The incident occurred at the girl's home in Barangay Labangal, where she brought the grenade after finding it earlier.
Personnel from the General Santos City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office confirmed that Angel died immediately due to shrapnel wounds.
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