At least 13 students killed in China school fire

A fire has ripped through a dormitory in a boarding school in central China, killing 13 students, state media reported. One student was injured in the blaze at Yingcai School in Henan province’s Yanshanpu village, the Xinhua news agency reported…

Teacher killed in France school stabbing

A teacher has been killed and two people have been seriously injured in a knife attack at a school in France, officials say. Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said the attack happened at the Gambetta high school in the northern city…

Police arrest 20 in Uganda massacre that left 42 dead

Police on Tuesday arrested 20 people, including the headmaster of the school in which 42 people, mostly children, were killed in a massacre on Friday, they said. The detainees are suspected of collaborating with extremists, the police said. Uganda’s police…

Uganda school attack: 40 killed by militants linked to Islamic State group

Around 40 people, mostly students, have been killed at a school in western Uganda by rebels linked to the Islamic State group. A further eight people remain in a critical condition after the attack on Lhubiriha secondary school in Mpondwe.…

Girl, 15, charged with 19 counts of murder after fire at school in Guyana

A teenage student whom police in Guyana accuse of deliberately setting a fire in a girls’ dormitory that killed 18 schoolmates and a five-year-old boy has been charged as an adult with 19 counts of murder. The 15-year-old girl appeared…

7 killed, 23 injured in Thailand school roof collapse

Thai Government on Tuesday said seven people were killed and 23 others injured after a school sports arena collapsed in northern Thailand. According to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM), the accident occurred at around 7:00 p.m. local…

Over 50 students hospitalised after smelling gas in school

Japanese Kyodo News on Monday reported that over 50 students were hospitalised after a gas smell was detected at Kamei Elementary School in Yao. According to the news source, around 09:00 a.m. local time (00:00 GMT), a gas smell was…

Schools chief fired after boy, 6, shoots teacher in Virginia

The superintendent of a school in the US state of Virginia has lost his job after a six-year-old pupil shot and wounded a teacher earlier this month. The school board decided by a vote of 5-to-1 to terminate George Parker…

Brazil school shooter kills 3, injures 13 at 2 campuses

A former student armed with a semiautomatic pistol and wearing a bulletproof vest fatally shot three people and wounded 13 on Friday after barging into two schools in southeastern Brazil, authorities said. The shootings took place at a public school…

Deadly gun attack at Russian school

A gunman has opened fire at a school in central Russia, killing at least 13 people and injuring others, Russian officials say. Victims include seven children at the school of about 1,000 pupils in the city of Izhevsk. The gunman…

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