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Five electrocuted, two injured in north China

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-07-05 13:30

HOHHOT - Five people died and two others were injured Tuesday morning in an electrocution accident in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, local safety authorities said.

The accident happened at about 9:10 am in a construction company in Urad Middle Banner of Bayannur city, sources with the Inner Mongolia Administration of Work Safety Supervision said.

The injured have been sent to a local hospital for treatment.