2 killed, over 20 injured in stampede at Chinese school

Beijing: At least two students were killed and 20 others injured today in a stampede at a primary school in China's central Henan Province.

The injured were being given medical assistance, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

The accident happened when some students were going to the toilet at about 8:30 AM in the No. 3 experimental primary school of Puyang county.

Cause of the accident is being investigated, the report said.