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QUITO, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- At least one person died and 13 others were injured when a grenade exploded at a school in the Ecuadorian coastal province of Guayas on Thursday, local media reported.
The device was held by a school student in the canton of General Villamil Playas, said the country's Interior Minister Jose Serrano in his social network account.
Serrano said the blast killed a young person, adding that "the grenade was held by a classmate."
The wounded have been sent to local hospitals for immediate treatment. An investigation is underway by local police officers to find out how the student had that bomb.
This is the first case of its kind recorded in the South American country, which has aroused the concern of the local authorities.
