Teenager Charged With 19 Murders in Guyana School Dormitory Fire

Teenager Charged With 19 Murders in Guyana School Dormitory Fire
The school dormitory that caught fire and left at least 19 people dead in Mahdia, Guyana, on May 22, 2023. Keno George/AFP via Getty Images
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GEORGETOWN—A 15-year-old girl who is accused of having started a fire at a school dormitory in Guyana last week was charged with 19 murders on Monday.

The fire killed 18 mostly Indigenous girls and one five-year-old boy in the building in the central city of Mahdia. The girl started the fire after her phone was confiscated, police said.