At least one child killed after ‘stampede’ at China school

At least one child was killed in a “stampede” at a primary school in northern China and 20 others injured, according to Chinese media reports.

The incident happened at the Third Experimental Primary School in Puyang county in Henan province on Wednesday morning, The Beijing News reported.

Two children were killed, the newspaper said. The state-run Xinhua news agency reported that one child had died.

A parent at the school said on social media that the stampede occurred after panic broke out when a toilet wall collapsed.

The authorities said they were still investigating the cause of the incident.