ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />STORY: Explosions ripped through a weapons depot at an army camp in the western Yemeni province of Hajja on Thursday killing at least five people including two children.<br/> <br />The explosions took place early in the day at the ammunition depot of the 25th mechanized brigade in Abss town of Hajja, around 160 km west if the capital Sanaa.<br/> <br />The Defense Ministry said in a statement that the blasts were accidental. It put the casualty toll at two children dead and eight soldiers injured, but local media, citing medical sources, also reported three soldiers killed.<br/> <br />The ministry said the two children were killed after a shell hit their house located near the camp.<br/> <br />It was not clear what caused the explosions, and the ministry said an investigation was underway.
