Goods auto-rickshaw blast in Malappuram; three members of family including child dies

MALAPPURAM: Three members of a family have died in a blast in a goods auto-rickshaw in Thondiparambu near Perinthalmanna. The dead have been identified as Muhammad, his wife Jasmine and daughter Fatimath Safa. A five-year-old child, who sustained injuries in the accident, has been admitted in a hospital.

The blast was caused by explosives kept inside the auto. It is suspected that the wife and children were set on fire inside the auto-rickshaw.