Lome [Togo], July 10 (ANI/Xinhua): Seven children were killed and two others injured by an explosive device late Saturday night at Natigou, a township in the north of Togo, local media reported Sunday.

The device blasted Saturday night at 11 p.m local time while children were returning home after a celebration at Natigou, 20 km northeast of Dapaong, the regional capital of Togo's northernmost Savanes region.

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"The ambulance came early this morning to carry seven corpses and two injured", the relative of a victim was quoted by local radio, Radio Motaog as saying.

No official release has been made available about the attack, it reported. (ANI/Xinhua)

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