近日，波黑西部一个名叫诺维格拉德的小镇上的几名年轻人将一枚手榴弹当成皮球扔来扔去，但在玩耍中手榴弹突然发生爆炸，导致3人死亡。

    据路透社11月7日报道，一位目击者说，这些年轻人当时正将一枚手榴弹在几个人之间不停地抛接，但后来手榴弹突然在其中一个人的手中发生了爆炸。按警方的说法，在遇难者中，有两人当场死亡，他们的年龄分别为19和20岁，其中一人来自邻国克罗地亚；而另外一名现年20岁的女性则在被送往医院的途中身亡。警方表示，相关调查正在进行，目前尚不清楚手榴弹突然发生爆炸的原因。

    报道说，在经历了1992年到1995年间的战争后，波黑地区有大量武器非法流散于民间，尽管国际维和部队以及当地警方先后进行了几次成功的武器回收行动，使当地居民交出了大量非法持有的武器，但此类悲剧事件仍然频繁发生。

    A hand grenade being used instead of a ball in a game of catch exploded early on Saturday killing three youths in this Bosnian town, police and news agencies said.

    Two youths aged 19 and 20, one of them from neighboring Croatia, were killed instantly while a 20-year-old woman died on her way to hospital, police said. Her sister was slightly injured but two other youths suffered serious injuries.

    The blast occurred at 2:00 a.m. in the western town of Novi Grad at a place in the town center frequented by youngsters. Police said an inquiry was under way and declined further comment. It was not clear why the grenade exploded.

    ONASA news agency quoted witnesses as saying the youths tossed the hand grenade to each other before it exploded in the hands of one of them.

    Bosnia is awash with illegal weapons left over from the 1992-95 war and tragic incidents are frequent despite several successful campaigns by international peacekeepers and police to get people to hand over illegal weapons.