Man sets fire to China classroom, 3 children dead
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-05-08 20:07
Chinese police are hunting for a 19-year-old man who set fire to a school
classroom on Monday, killing at least three kindergarten children, Xinhua news
agency said.
Another 13 students and a teacher were injured after the man broke into the
classroom in Shiguan village in the central province of Henan and ignited a can
of petrol. There were 21 children in the classroom at the time.
Xinhua said the man was a native of the village, but it did not give a
motive.
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