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Over 100 children hurt in China primary school stampede
Beijing, Nov 29(ANI): About 100 school children were injured in a primary school stampede in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Monday, local authorities have said.
The injured students were immediately taken to a local hospital. No deaths have been reported.
Students of Aksu No. 5 Primary School were heading downstairs to the playground for after-class exercise when some of them fell and triggered the stampede, Xinhua news agency quoted a spokesman with the municipal publicity department, as saying.
The school in Aksu has more than 1,800 students, the report said. (ANI)
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Story first published: Monday, November 29, 2010, 15:31 [IST]