At least six
children have been killed and 25 others injured in an explosion at a primary
school in north-west Tanzania, witnesses say. Reports say the pupils
were playing with an object which blew up.
Three were pronounced dead at the time they arrived at
hospital. The others succumbed to their wounds, Rulenge hospital's doctor in
charge, Sister Maria Goreth Fredricks, told the BBC.
The school is in Kagera region near the border with Burundi.
Kagera regional police chief Augustine Orome said a security
team had been dispatched to the school in Kihinga village.
BBC
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