BANGUI, June 26 – At least 29 students were killed when an electrical explosion triggered panic and a stampede at a high school in Central African Republic’s capital on Wednesday, two hospital sources said.
The disaster happened as over 5,000 students from six other schools were taking their final exams at the examination centre located in Barthelemy Boganda high school in Bangui, the Education Ministry said.
A hospital source told Reuters that 29 people were killed and 260 injured.
REUTERS, 26.6.2025
