ULAN BATOR, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Three girls aged between one and five years old have been killed by an electric shock caused by water leaks at their home in Northern Mongolia, the country's National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said Thursday.

The incident occurred in Darkhan soum in northern Mongolia's Darkhan-Uul Province on Wednesday afternoon.

"The victims were from the same family. At the time of the case, the Children were left home alone," the NEMA said in a statement, urging parents not to leave their children at home unattended.

Further investigation of the case is still underway, it added. Enditem