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Three students killed

JOHANNESBURG (AP): At least three students are dead after a walkway collapsed at a school outside Johannesburg, a South African official said Friday, and 23 were injured. Panyaza Lesufi, the head of education for Gauteng province, posted the toll on Twitter shortly after the collapse at the Hoerskool Driehoek high school in Vanderbijlpark.

Two boys and a girl were killed, Lesufi said. “It is painful to see those tiny bodies in that state,” he said. The school has been closed. Lesufi had reported “scores” trapped but an Associated Press witness later said no one remained in the rubble. It was not immediately clear what caused the collapse. Local media posted photos of a large slab and scattered bricks with the scene blocked off by emergency tape.

The Frontier Post

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