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Wall collapses killing six street children in Uganda
KAMPALA, June 24, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Six street children who were sleeping
in a storm drain next to an elite school in the Ugandan capital have been
killed after a wall fell on them, police said Monday.
“Due to a heavy downpour part of the perimeter wall of the school gave way,
collapsed on the kids, killing six of them on the spot and two were injured,”
Kampala’s deputy police spokesman Luke Owoyesigire told AFP.
“The police rescue team is on the scene to check if any person is buried
under the debris.”
The spokesman said police were trying to establish the identities of the
children and track down their families, adding that they had been sleeping in
the storm drain for a while.
According to Owoyesigire, it was the second such incident recently, after
five family members were killed last month as they slept in a mud and wattle
house when a wall collapsed on them.
BSS/AFP/SSS/1614 hrs