DR Congo school fire stampede death toll rises to 26 – UNICEF
(Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP) A fire and stampede at a school in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo killed at least 26 children, the UN children’s agency said on Friday, with some pupils leaping from windows on high floors to escape the carnage.
A fire broke out Thursday in a school in the eastern DR Congo city of Bukavu, causing a stampede that killed at least 14 children, local and health sources said.
The fire sparked a stampede as the children struggled to escape, with students “trampled” after falling down, inspectors from the Congolese education ministry said in a report on Friday.
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