KUALA LUMPUR: Twenty-three people, mostly children, were killed on Thursday when a blaze tore through a Malaysian religious school, trapped in their dormitory by metal grilles on the windows.

Pupils and teachers inside the Islamic study center in downtown Kuala Lumpur screamed for help as neighbors looked on.

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