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Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Poisoning kills 11 girls at school

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Eleven girls died of carbon monoxide poisoning at a school in northern China’s Shaanxi province, an education official said on Tuesday evening.

A news report said the girls had lit a fire to keep warm. A dozen girls were found poisoned on Tuesday morning at the Duiziliang Middle School in Yulin city, said an official with the Yulin Education Bureau, who gave her family name as Fan.

She said 11 girls were confirmed dead, with another being treated at a hospital.

Fan, reached by phone, said she had no further details. Telephone calls to Yulin’s Public Security Bureau rang unanswered on Tuesday evening.

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