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2017-09-15 Southeast Asia

Boys 'cried from barred windows' as Islamic school blaze kills 23 in Malaysia

[MOBILE.REUTERS] A blaze at an Islamic boarding school in the Malaysian capital killed at least 23 people on Thursday, most of them teenage boys who cried for help from barred windows, officials and witnesses said.

The fire broke out at around 5.40 a.m. in a top-floor dormitory in the three-storey building, firemen said, where most of the students were sleeping in bunk beds, with many of the windows covered by metal grills. One survivor said there was just one window the boys managed to open.

Two teachers were also killed in the fire at the Darul Koran Ittifaqiyah, a 15-minute drive from the iconic Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, police said, adding that most of the victims died from smoke inhalation.

The youngest was just seven, media said.

The disaster has renewed calls for greater scrutiny of so-called "tahfiz" schools, where students learn to memorize the Koran. They are unregulated by the education ministry, being the responsibility of the religious department.

Posted by Fred 2017-09-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top

#1 Dormitories with bars on the windows. What's another name for them?

Greybar Hotel springs to mind.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2017-09-15 08:33|| 2017-09-15 08:33|| Front Page Top

#2 Security bars on the first floor, sure. Second floor, eh well I guess still in ladder range or terrain. Third story?

Posted by swksvolFF 2017-09-15 15:13|| 2017-09-15 15:13|| Front Page Top

#3 Our 21st Century. The worst place
To be? A Mohammedan-cursed case:
Islamic Malaysian
Koran "education"
Looks up at the Triangle Shirtwaist.

Okay, a little hyperbolic. Sue me.

Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2017-09-15 20:39|| 2017-09-15 20:39|| Front Page Top

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