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Thursday, June 15, 2017
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Thursday, June 15, 2017
Blast rocks kindergarten in China, casualties reported
An explosion rocks a kindergarten in eastern China, injuring an unknown number of people including children, local police say.
A photo posted by Chinese media online shows several women and children sitting or lying on the ground, some bleeding. One woman is clutching her child, who is in tears.
An official at the police station in Fengxian county in Jiangsu province tells AFP that the explosion is under investigation.
“There were some children injured,” the official says.
The blast occurred at the gate of the kindergarten as children were leaving the school in the afternoon, according to Xinhua, citing the emergency office of Xuzhou city.
— AFP
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