Mar. 16, 2025
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Four childrenhave diedafter winds tossed a jumping castle 32 feet into the air at a primary school in Australia.
On Thursday, Tasmania Police revealed in a statement on Facebook that in addition to the four deaths, five other children are seriously injured.
The late victims have been identified as two girls and two boys.
Of the tragedy, Commissioner Darren Hine said, “Our hearts are breaking for the families and loved ones, school mates and teachers of those children taken too soon.
Mar. 16, 2025
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The four children who survived a plane crash earlier this year and kept themselves alive in the Amazon for weeks before being rescued have been released from the hospital.
The siblings — Lesly Jacobombaire Mucutuy, 13, Soleiny Jacobombaire Mucutuy, 9, Tien Ranoque Mucutuy, 4, and Cristin Ranoque Mucutuy, 1 — survived a plane crash that killed their mother and one other passenger along with a pilot on May 1, according toAl Jazeera.
Mar. 16, 2025
Photo: Alaska State TroopersFour children who went missing in rural Alaska on Sunday during a blizzard have been found alive.According to theAlaska Department of Public Safety, the four missing kids were located 18 miles away from their small rural village of Nunam Iqua on Monday afternoon. The children were then transported in a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter to a local hospital, where they are now being treated for “severe hypothermia.”“The kids are doing fine,” a representative with Emmonak Search and Rescue toldCNN.
Mar. 16, 2025
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Five people were killed and two more injured in an explosion at a house in Pennsylvania this week, according to authorities, who announced Friday they have identified the dead.
“Emergency services arrived on the scene to find a house that had exploded with multiple victims needing medical care,” Keller told reporters. “At our 11 p.m. briefing last night, four fatalities were confirmed. Unfortunately, as of this afternoon, that number has increased to five.
Mar. 16, 2025
Four children and two adults were stabbed at a playground in the French Alps on Thursday.
Two of the young children and one of the adults are “between life and death,” French President Emmanuel Macronsaid after the attack.
It was an “attack of absolute cowardice,” he tweeted, adding “The Nation is in shock. Our thoughts are with them as well as their families and the emergency services mobilized.”
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