Multiple primary school children injured after 'mass casualty incident'

Dozens of children have been injured after a primary school in Germany was tear-gassed.
Miriam Makeba School in Berlin was evacuated and shut just after 9am today amid the mass incident.
A total of 34 pupils are suffering symptoms and are being treated by the emergency services at the scene on n Zinzendorfstrasse street.
Local media reported that tear gas had been sprayed in the hallway of the school building.
Several primary school students complained of shortness of breath and eye irritation as a result.
A spokesperson for the fire department said: 'We cared for 34 children and provided outpatient care; none of the children required hospital care.'
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