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May 12th, 2008
Posted: 09:59 AM ET
BEIJING, China (CNN) — At least 50 bodies have been pulled from the rubble of a high school that collapsed in Monday’s powerful earthquake in central China, state-run media reported. Almost 900 students were buried by rubble at a high school in the Juyuan Township of Dujiangyan City, Xinhua news agency said. “An unknown number of students were also reported buried after buildings collapsed at five other schools in the province’s Deyang City,” Xinhua reported. |
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