Indian children poisoned by lunch buried

A CHILDREN'S playing field outside an Indian primary school has been turned into a mass graveyard as victims of a poisoned lunch scandal, which killed 23 youngsters, were laid to rest.

As grieving parents spoke of how they relied on the school to give their children their main daily meal, officials in impoverished Bihar state tried to stem a wave of panic among other pupils who were dumping their free lunches.

Police meanwhile stepped up their investigation, exploring the possibility that the food given to the youngsters was poisoned deliberately, as the school's headmistress remained on the run.

The burials were held on an area of open ground just outside the school where pupils play during their breaks.

"The school killed our children and so we decided to bury all of them here," said Shanti Devi, whose daughter was among those being laid to rest outside the school in Gandaman village.

"The government is responsible for converting a playground into a burial ground," she told AFP.

The sense of anger was echoed by many other parents as they tried to come to terms with the deaths of loved ones.

"My children always liked eating at the school and I was happy that at least they were getting one square meal every day, but I never dreamt that it would end up killing them," said Sanjudevi Mahato as she wept for the loss of three of her four children.

The 23 children, aged four to 12, died after eating lentils, potatoes and rice cooked at the school on Tuesday. Initial tests have shown the meal may have been contaminated with insecticide.

Some 30 children are still being treated for food poisoning, although doctors say their condition is not life-threatening.

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