A truck driver ran over 17 schoolchildren to death in Lagos, Nigeria. It is reported by the local edition of Vanguard.
According to the newspaper, the tragedy occurred at a school bus stop when the children were returning from school. The man behind the wheel of the truck tried to escape from the police pursuit and lost control. In addition to the 17 victims, many children were seriously injured.
Vanguard writes that after the incident, the driver fled, but was subsequently detained by law enforcement officers. Furious eyewitnesses of the incident tried to take revenge on the perpetrator of the accident on their own and burned his truck.
On December 1, at least 29 people were reported to have been shipwrecked in Kano State in northern Nigeria. Most of the victims are schoolchildren aged 6 to 12 years. The children were students in Islamic schools and were on their way to a religious event. Several survivors were taken to hospitals.
