Australian PM to Visit Devonport After 5 Children Die in Freak Weather Event

Australian PM to Visit Devonport After 5 Children Die in Freak Weather Event
Emergency services personnel work the scene of a deadly incident involved with a jumping castle at the Hillcrest Primary School in Devonport, Tasmania, on Dec. 16, 2021. Grant Wells/AAP Image via AP
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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison will on Saturday make a private visit to Devonport to pay his respects to the victims of the Hillcrest Primary School tragedy.

“We will reach out our arms and throw them around the community of Devonport, and Australia will throw their arms around Tasmania, as they seek to console for what has been an unthinkable time,” Morrison told reporters in Hobart ahead of his visit.
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