School's a real gas!
Published: 10 December, 2008, 16:32
Sixty-nine children were taken to two hospitals in Novgorod after a teenage boy set off a teargas canister at school.
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Published: 10 December, 2008, 16:32
Sixty-nine children were taken to two hospitals in Novgorod after a teenage boy set off a teargas canister at school.