DR Congo School Fire Stampede Death Toll Rises to 26: UNICEF
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DR Congo school fire stampede death toll rises to 26: UNICEF
The blaze in the city of Bukavu on Thursday began around 9:00 am (0700 GMT) while the children were in lessons, forcing some to try to escape by jumping from higher floors, a teacher told AFP. "In the middle of class, I suddenly heard students screaming, some were jumping from the upper floors, and others were running away through the doors," Simon Kasamira, a teacher at Ujamaa primary school, told AFP at a clinic where he had been admitted. "Pa…
A fire of unknown origin broke out in the vicinity of a school in Bukavu, in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, causing a movement... Read more The panic after a fire cost the lives of 26 children in Bukavu appeared first on Le Singulier.
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A fire and stampede at a school in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has killed “at least 26 children,” UNICEF said in a statement released on Friday. On Thursday morning, at around 09:00 (local time; 10:00 Greek time), a fire broke out of unknown cause near a school in […]
Unicef reported that another 25 children were injured because of the fire that hit the city of Bukavu
AFC/M23 declares three days of mourning after Bukavu fire kills 26
The AFC/M23 movement has declared three days of mourning after fire killed 26 in Bukavu, as investigations continue to establish the cause and circumstances of the outbreak. The fire broke out on Thursday morning in Tshimpunda neighbourhood, Kadutu Commune, and spread to Mosala Primary School in Kadutu and Nongo Primary School in Bagira Commune, leaving 24 dead. AFC/M23 Spokesperson Lawrence Kanyuka said the death toll rose to 26 on Friday. ALSO…
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