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Tanzania police say 35 killed as bus with students crashes

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AP Dodoma (Tanzania)
At least 35 people were killed, most of them young children, after a bus carrying students lost control and crashed in northern Tanzania, police said today.

Arusha Region Police Commander Charles Mkumbo said the bus had been carrying the students from a primary school in Arusha for an examination. It skidded off the road near the Mlera river in Meatu district.

Officials said the dead included 32 young students, two teachers and a bus driver. They said all of those bodies had been recovered.

Photos posted on local media showed one end of the bus crushed.

President John Magufuli sent a message with his condolences to families of the victims "at this time of tragedy and grief.

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First Published: May 06 2017 | 7:57 PM IST

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