China: Stampede at school leaves 2 dead, over 20 injured

At least two students were killed and 20 others injured on Wednesday in a stampede at a primary school in China's central Henan Province. The injured were being given medical assistance, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

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China: Stampede at school leaves 2 dead, over 20 injured

China: Stampede at school leaves 2 dead, over 20 injured

At least two students were killed and 20 others injured on Wednesday in a stampede at a primary school in China's central Henan Province. The injured were being given medical assistance, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

The accident happened when some students were going to the toilet at about 8:30 AM in the No. 3 experimental primary school of Puyang county.

Cause of the accident is being investigated, the report said. 

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