Dehradun, Nov. 17 -- Nine people were killed and 31 others injured in an accidental blast on 15 November in Jammu and Kashmir's Nowgam police station. These were completely unnecessary deaths caused by obvious negligence and lack of the required expertise to handle such explosives. The negligence is particularly on the part of the higher authorities who did not make the proper safety arrangements and deploy properly trained personnel to deal with the matter. They obviously did not have the experience to deal with such a matter nor knowledge of the complexities involved. It can only be hoped that the right lessons will be learned to properly deal with such matters in the future.
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