Six teens were injured when an explosive device
was thrown into a backyard party in northern California, police said
early Saturday.
The Manteca Police Department said officers responded to reports of numerous injuries from an explosion at a local home shortly before midnight.
"Preliminarily, we're thinking that it's a modified firework that was thrown into the backyard," Manteca police Chief Nick Obligacion told NBC News.
Around 60 high schoolers were attending a party at the home when "an unknown subject intentionally threw an explosive device over a fence" into the backyard, according to a statement from police.
There were six victims, Obligacion said. Four were treated and released with minor to moderate cuts and burns, one was transferred to a county hospital with moderate injuries and another was transported to Oakland Children's Hospital for a "more severe facial injury that doesn't require surgery," Obligacion said.
All of the victims were juveniles, he added.
The Manteca Police Department said officers responded to reports of numerous injuries from an explosion at a local home shortly before midnight.
"Preliminarily, we're thinking that it's a modified firework that was thrown into the backyard," Manteca police Chief Nick Obligacion told NBC News.
Around 60 high schoolers were attending a party at the home when "an unknown subject intentionally threw an explosive device over a fence" into the backyard, according to a statement from police.
There were six victims, Obligacion said. Four were treated and released with minor to moderate cuts and burns, one was transferred to a county hospital with moderate injuries and another was transported to Oakland Children's Hospital for a "more severe facial injury that doesn't require surgery," Obligacion said.
All of the victims were juveniles, he added.