Girl, 15, charged with 19 counts of murder after fire at school in Guyana
by AP in Georgetown from on (#6BZ4T)
Police have accused the teenager of starting the blaze in a dormitory that killed 18 schoolmates and a five-year-old boy
A teenage student whom police in Guyana accuse of deliberately setting a fire in a girls' dormitory that killed 18 schoolmates and a five-year-old boy has been charged as an adult with 19 counts of murder.
The 15-year-old girl appeared virtually at the hearing on Monday in a court south of the capital, Georgetown, and was ordered to be held in custody pending further court proceedings.
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