Topic: Tragedy
Kumbakonam: Ten jailed for India school fire which killed 94
July 31, 2014 ·
Some 200 children, between eight and 10 years, were trapped in a classroom and eyewitnesses said that before they could leave, the roof fell on them like a ball of fire, blocking their escape down the one narrow staircase.
Read More...Students begin testimony at South Korea ferry trial
July 28, 2014 ·
Students who survived South Korea’s ferry disaster have begun testifying at the trial of the ship’s crew.
Read More...India: School bus and train crash kills 18 children
July 25, 2014 ·
24 July 2014 Last updated at 06:40 At least 18 children were killed along with their driver when a school bus was hit by a train in the Indian state of Telangana, police said. The passenger train rammed into the school bus, dragging it several hundred metres down the track, reports said. Nineteen other students who were […]
Read More...Matthew Burdette: Boy Scout, 14, took his own life after being ‘bullied’ over ‘viral video’
July 17, 2014 ·
by Heather Saul July 16, 2014 Wednesday The parents of a 14-year-old boy who took his own life two weeks after a video of him allegedly performing a sex act was widely shared have filed a $1 million (£584,000) lawsuit against his school district. Matthew Burdette died in November 2013 while on a Thanksgiving […]
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