China Blast Kills 2 Students, 9 Others
A cache of explosives at the home of a coal mine manager blew up in a town in northern China, killing him and at least 10 other people, including two students at a nearby grade school, news reports and police said today.
Police denied reports that as many as 20 children were killed when the school collapsed after the blast Wednesday in Kecheng, a town in Shanxi province.
The official New China News Agency put the death toll at 11 and said it included two students and a teacher at the school.
The mine manager, identified as Lu Maolin, also was among the dead, the Commercial News and the Shanxi Evening News reported.
An officer reached by phone said some family members and people at a nearby clinic also were killed.
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