An Army bomb disposal squad inspects the site after an IED was defused on the Srinagar-Baramulla highway on Saturday. Pic/PTI

A 12-year-old boy was on Saturday critically injured by an unexploded bomb that went off near the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of J&K, police sources said. "Mohammad Iqbal (12), a resident of Shahpur, found the bomb in an open field near Qasba village around 11.45 am and started fiddling with it thinking it to be a toy, causing the explosion. The boy suffered critical injuries with both his hands blown up. He was rushed to hospital and his condition is stated to be critical," a police officer said.