KUALA LUMPUR, June 30 -- Two military personnel, a corporal and a sergeant, sustained knee injuries after a firearm used during training at Hobart Camp in Gurun, Kedah, exploded due to a technical malfunction yesterday.

In the incident at about 6pm, one of the victims, a 35-year-old instructor, suffered a right knee injury that required eight stitches, according to a report by Astro Awani.

Another victim, aged 29, who sustained an injury to his left knee believed to involve nerve damage, is still receiving treatment at Sultan Abdul Halim Hospital in Sungai Petani.

Kedah police chief Datuk Adzli Abu Shah said the injuries were confirmed not to have been caused by bullets, but rather by fragments or foreign objects propelled when the wea...