Seven sacked for deadly China school stampede
Xinhua, March 4, 2015 Adjust font size:
Seven government officials in southwest China's Yunnan Province have been removed from their posts over a school stampede in which six children died last year, local authorities said on Wednesday.
The stampede, which left another 26 students injured, happened on Sept. 26 at a primary school in Panlong District of Kunming City, Yunnan's capital.
Among the officials sacked after an investigation into the incident are a deputy district governor and a deputy director of the education bureau of Kunming, the city's anti-graft watchdog said in a statement.
In addition, three people, including the school's headmaster and deputy headmaster, have been placed under judicial investigation. Endi