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21 children killed in Mexican quake-toppled school: gov't

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AFP Mexico City
At least 21 children were killed at an elementary school that collapsed in the Mexican capital when a powerful earthquake rattled the area, a government official said.

"We have a report of 25 dead, among them 21 children and four adults" at the Enrique Rebsamen elementary school, Mexican Undersecretary of Education Javier Trevino told the Televisa network yesterday.

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First Published: Sep 20 2017 | 9:57 AM IST

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