China bus accident: A horrific road accident has occurred in China today (3 September). 11 people were killed and 13 others were injured when a bus rammed into a crowd of students standing at a school gate in Shandong province of eastern China. Police said that a bus hired to carry the students lost control and hit the school students.
bus driver arrested
According to the police, one of the 13 injured is in critical condition, while the others are stable. It is not clear whether it was just an accident or a deliberate attack on the children. Schools are often attacked by anti-social elements in China. According to the report of the state news agency, the bus driver has been arrested and an investigation has been started into the cause of the accident.
There have been attacks on students before
In June, a man attacked a school bus stop in Jiangsu province, killing one person and injuring two others. In March, a man drove a car into a crowd outside a local junior school in Shandong province, killing two people and seriously injuring six others.