Two children died when a grenade thrown by a drunk man exploded in a hostel in the Tajik capital Dushanbe, Moscow Echo news agency reported on Sunday.

Interior ministry officials said five other people were injured in the blast on Friday.

Witnesses said a drunk 35-year-old man was playing with the grenade when he pulled out the pin and threw it into a corridor.

Two children died on the spot and the man who threw the grenade is in a critical condition, the agency said.

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