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20 children feared drowned

Srinagar April 26. Twenty school children were feared drowned today when a boat carrying them capsized in a stream in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Six children were, however, rescued. The accident occurred when the children, after attending school at Arampora, were crossing the stream on way to Jagerpora.

Official sources said the bodies of four children were taken out and a search was on for 16 others.

PTI

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