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Sixty Afghan girls hospitalized in school poisoning incident
Around 60 Afghan girls were hospitalized after being poisoned at their school in northern Afghanistan, police said on Monday.
“Some unknown people entered a girls’ … school in Sancharak District .. and poisoned the classes, when the girls come to classes they got poisoned,” said Den Mohammad Nazari, Sar-e-Pul’s police spokesperson, without elaborating on which substance was used or who was thought to be behind the incident.
Nazari said the girls had been taken to hospital but were in “good condition.” No one had been arrested.