Chinese student in coma after Boston Marathon bombings

One female student from China is in a coma after suffering serious injuries in the Boston Marathon bombings, China's official Xinhua News Agency has reported quoting an unnamed official from the Chinese consulate in New York.

The woman, who was named by Xinhua as Zhou Danling, is a graduate student at Boston University, the American Chinese-language newspaper Qiaobao reported. Her mother had asked for the consulate's help in facilitating her journey to the US.

Boston University has confirmed on its website that an unidentified student is being treated at its Boston Medical Center. The student is said to be in stable condition.

The Chinese consulate in Boston had told Xinhua that the female student was injured and in a coma. Zhou is a graduate of Wuhan University in central China, and currently a student at Boston University in actuarial science, according to a Xinhua report.