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CHINA / Regional |
Man allegedly throws 6 children from window(Agencies)
Updated: 2007-09-14 16:09 Police in Central China arrested a man suspected of throwing six children out the third storey of a school building, killing one girl and injuring the others, local media said on Friday. The incident occurred on Thursday morning in Hongqiao Town, Hunan Province, with the suspect grabbing the 8 and 9-year-old boys and girls as they lined up in a hallway and tossing them out a window, Beijing News reported. One girl was pronounced dead at the scene while the others were rushed to hospital, it said. One of the boys was able to grab part of a tree as he fell, breaking his fall and reducing his injury. According to the paper, the suspect, identified as Kuang Xi, 28, had a history of mental illness. No other details were given as to how Kuang got into the building or if he has links to the school. |
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