17 Dec 2021

Tasmanian town in shock after death of five children in accident

From Checkpoint, 5:21 pm on 17 December 2021

An unthinkable tragedy. Tasmania's community of Devonport is shaken and in mourning after five children died after falling from a bouncy castle that was swept into the air by a gust of wind.

The Hillcrest primary school students reportedly fell about 10 metres.

Worldwatch's Perlina Lau reports.

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