Four children killed in cinema

Kiev - Four schoolchildren died and 10 were injured in a crush during a break between performances of the Hollywood blockbuster…

Kiev - Four schoolchildren died and 10 were injured in a crush during a break between performances of the Hollywood blockbuster Armageddon at a cinema in western Ukraine yesterday, police officials said.

A police officer said in Chervonohrad, 470 km west of Kiev, that two crowds of schoolchildren had pushed one into another during an interval between showings of the film.

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