SRI LANKA-BALANGODA-SCHOOL-TREE FALLING-INCIDENT

SRI LANKA-BALANGODA-SCHOOL-TREE FALLING-INCIDENT

Xinhua
12 Jun 2025, 21:52 GMT+

(250612) -- BALANGODA, June 12, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on June 12, 2025 shows the incident site where a tree fell onto a school building in Balangoda, Sri Lanka. A student was killed and 17 others were injured after a tree fell onto a school building in Balangoda in Sri Lanka's Sabaragamuwa Province on Thursday, police reported.

The deceased student was 17 years old, and the injured students have been hospitalized for treatment, according to police.

Local police were conducting further investigations into the incident. (Xinhua)

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