Five teenagers were crushed to death after a wall collapsed at a junior high school in east China's Anhui Province Monday, authorities said.
The wall collapsed around 2 p.m. at the privately-run Tongren Middle School in Xiangshan district of Huaibei city, Xinhua reported citing provincial government officials at the accident site.
Five school girls were found crushed to death after rescuers used their bare hands to remove debris to reach them.
Meanwhile, an unknown number of injured students were rushed to hospital for emergency treatment.
An investigation into the tragedy is under way.
