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At least six children have been killed and 25 others injured in an explosion at a primary school in north-west Tanzania, witnesses say.<\/p>\n

Reports say the pupils were playing with an object which blew up.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The school is in Kagera region near the border with Burundi.<\/p>\n

Kagera regional police chief Augustine Orome said a security team had been dispatched to the school in Kihinga village.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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