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Coverage dated October 24, 2022

Fire at a boarding school for the blind kills 11 girls in Uganda

Headline from CBS News

Internal Affairs Minister General Kahinda Otafiire said the school has been cordoned off as a "crime scene."

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  1. CBS News

    Fire at a boarding school for the blind kills 11 girls in Uganda (opens CBS News)

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    Internal Affairs Minister General Kahinda Otafiire said the school has been cordoned off as a "crime scene."

  2. Al Jazeera

    Ugandan children died in their sleep in burning school for blind (opens Al Jazeera)

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    The disaster catches pupils sleeping overnight at a school in Mukono, east of the capital Kampala.

  3. Digital Journal

    Children among 11 killed in fire at Uganda blind school (opens Digital Journal)

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    Eleven people, mostly children, have been killed in a blaze that tore through a school for the blind in Uganda in the early hours of Tuesday, police and a

  4. Voice of America

    11 Children Killed in Fire at Ugandan School for Blind (opens Voice of America)

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    Fire at Salama School for the Blind in Uganda's central Mukono district came days before planned visit by Britain's Princess Anne

  5. MyNorthwest

    11 people killed in fire at school for the blind in Uganda (opens MyNorthwest)

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    KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- A fire broke at a boarding school in a rural community just outside Uganda's capital, Kampala, has killed 11 people, including

  6. WFMZ Allentown

    Uganda: Fire at boarding school for the blind kills 11 (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    A police official in Uganda says a fire at a boarding school for blind students has killed 11 people, including children. Police said in a statement on Tuesday that six

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