Youngsters perished on Sunday after the bus burst into flames returning from church service
31 children burned to death in a fiery bus explosion (Photo -AFP)
BOGOTA: Colombia on Monday mourned the tragic loss of 32 children burned to death in a fiery bus explosion as authorities arrested the driver who had fled the scene of the inferno.
The youngsters, aged one to eight, perished on Sunday after the bus burst into flames as they returned home from church services in the north of the South American country.
Another 20 children were hospitalised after the accident in the small town of Fundacion, in the department of Magdalena, according to the town's mayor, who said 32 children were dead, including two of the driver's own children.
( Source : AFP )
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