Five children have been killed and several were seriously injured after a bouncy castle was blown into the air in Australia on Thursday.
Two girls and two boys, understood to be aged between 11 and 12, were confirmed dead by police on Thursday.
Officers said four children are in a critical condition, and one in a serious condition, after they fell from a height of about 33ft (10m) from the bouncy castle at a primary school in Devonport, a city on Tasmania’s north coast.
Images from national broadcaster ABC showed blue tarpaulins hanging from trees near a ditch where the bouncy castle came to land, with police officers in tears nearby.
“This is a very tragic event and our thoughts are with the families and the wider school community, and also our first responders,” Commander Debbie Williams said.
“There is no doubt that this has been a very confronting and distressing scene.
“Counselling is being made available to the families affected by this in the school community along with the first responders.”
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