MP:9 children killed as temple wall collapses in Sagar district

In Madhya Pradesh, nine children were killed and several more are feared trapped after a temple wall collapsed in Sagar district on Sunday morning.The tragic incident took place during a religious ceremony at Hardaul Baba temple in Shahpur. The injured children have been rescued and hospitalised.The bodies of the children were brought to Sagar District Hospital for post-mortem examination.The children were buried under the debris of the collapsed wall. Some children are injured, and they are under treatment, while all the debris has been removed from the site of the incident, said Sagar District Collector Deepak Arya.

#WATCH | Madhya Pradesh: Deepak Arya, Collector, Sagar says, "...The incident happened around 8.30 am. The wall fell on the children, due to which 9 children died and 2 are undergoing treatment in the hospital..." https://t.co/lVG8QcKHkJ pic.twitter.com/xUXCEVmLq1

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Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said he was "saddened" to hear about the deaths of the nine children and said the state government will provide financial assistance of Rs 4 lakh each to the victims' families. The incident in Sagar came a day after four children were killed after a wall of an abandoned building collapsed on them while they were returning home from school in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa district, officials said.