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Classroom in Zimbabwe collapses into sinkhole

A classroom in Zimbabwe has collapse into a sinkhole in the Zimbabwean city of Kwekwe causing at least 14 elementary school students suffering injuries.

Chairs and desks were ingested, and one child is said to have suffered significant injuries.

The Globe and Phoenix school is close to two gold mines and local authorities have blamed the accident on illegal underground mining.

Classes have been suspended and officials are trying to find other schools for the pupils.

Earlier the news site ZimLive.com tweeted photos taken at the school in Kwekwe, which is about 200km (125 miles) south-west of the capital, Harare:

The MP told the AFP news agency on the phone from the scene of the accident: “They are still blasting and the whole school premises is shaking.”

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