Sunday, May 20, 2012

Explosion at school in Italy kills 1, injures 6

Max Frigione / AP

Notebooks are seen scattered at the site where an explosive device went off near the Francesca Morvillo Falcone High School in Brindisi, Italy, Saturday.

By Ian Johnston, msnbc.com

An explosion at a school in Italy Saturday injured killed one person and six students, two seriously, according to reports and officials.

The blast happened at 7:45 a.m. at a school in Brindisi as students were waiting to go inside, NBC News reported.


The high school, called?Francesca Morvillo Falcone,?is opposite a court in the city.

A Civil Protection Authority official told Reuters that one person had been killed and six injured.

There were unconfirmed reports that the dead person was a student.

This is a breaking news story. Please check back for more details.

NBC News' Claudio Lavanga contributed to this report.

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