Hiiraan Online
Tuesday March 26, 2019
Mortar and pestle are implements used since ancient times to prepare ingredients or substances by crushing and grinding them into a fine paste or powder in the kitchen, medicine and pharmacy.
Mogadishu (HOL) - At least five people have been killed and four others injured after an explosive went off in a rural area in Ethiopia’s Somali region.
A mother and her four children have reportedly died when an object which they had been using as a pestle exploded in their shop in Dagah-Madow village.
The incident happened on Monday evening.
Reports say one of the children using a pestle ‘metal’ suspected to be remnants of a war nearly forty years ago to crush cardamoms.
Other victims who were injured in the blast were said to be neighbours purchasing items from the shop.
A relative who spoke to BBC Somali said the injured the explosion was rushed to the hospital.
According to the relative, the father of the family and one child have survived the blast.
He said several in the area use similar metals as a pestle for crushing.
Thousands of bombs and other unexploded ordnance (UXO) are scattered in major parts of the region which left behind during the Ethiopia-Somalia war in 1977.