November 29th, 2010 
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Aksu City, China (AHN) – While elementary school children were walking down the stairs toward their playground, some fell triggering a stampede. According to reports nearly 100 students were hospitalized and one is listed as being in a coma.
According to a government spokesman who refused to disclose his name, the incident occurred at 12 p.m. at an elementary school in Aksu city in China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
Safety in China’s schools and its nearly 220 million primary and middle school students has been the topic of public scrutiny after several attacks on schoolchildren in various parts of the country over the last few months. The attacks prompted school officials to deploy more guards and surveillance cameras on the premises.
The recent stampede puts into focus another aspect of the issue that must be addressed in the protection and safety of China’s schoolchildren.
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