900 students 'buried' in China earthquake

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900 students 'buried' in China earthquake
People rush to rescue students at Juyuan Middle School in Juyuan Township of Dujiangyan City

Rescuers rush to rescue students at the Juyuan Middle School in Dujiangyan City, Sichuan


Nearly 900 students have been buried in a massive earthquake in southwest China, state media reported today.

Details of their plight were still coming through but reports said that the students were buried when their school building collapsed in Dujiangyan, near the epicentre of the quake in Sichuan province.

The confirmed death toll from the 7.8 magnitude quake - which rattled tower blocks from Beijing to Bangkok - was at least 107, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

Buildings also collapsed in the town of Wenchuan. Communications to the town appeared to have been severed, with calls failing to connect to both fixed line and mobile telephones.

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article3916648.ece

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1. Oh how tragic

:cry: