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  • Officials: 206 killed in Republic of Congo blasts

    03/04/2012 5:46:06 PM PST · by nuconvert · 10 replies
    Blasts rocked the capital of the Republic of Congo on Sunday, after a weapons depot caught fire, officials said, killing at least 206 people and pinning countless others underneath collapsed buildings, including a church. A morgue in Brazzaville took in 136 bodies Sunday afternoon, as more continued to arrive. A local hospital reported at least 237 patients wounded in the blasts. Didier Boutsindi of the presidential office said untold numbers of people were trapped in St. Louis church, which collapsed. "Many of the faithful are trapped in the debris of the church," he said. "Several of the dead have been...