ILOILO City – A nine-year-old boy in Barangay Carataya, Cuartero, Capiz got injured after an improvised cannon, popularly known as boga, backfired.
The Grade 2 pupil Jeremy Fernandez was hit on the face, a police report showed.
Fernandez was playing with the boga around 4:30 p.m. on Dec. 26 when it accidentally backfired.
The boy sustained a minor laceration on the right eye and burns.
He was rushed to the Dao District Hospital in Dao, Capiz and later transferred to the Roxas City Memorial Hospital in Roxas City for further medical treatment.
Fernandez was currently recuperating./PN
