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    STRANGE DEATHS

    Oct 07, 2021 3 minutes

    n Barranquilla, Colombia, a five-year-old girl died after a statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus fell on her in a park. The girl was playing with her older brother in a square in La Colechera Park in the El Silencio district when she tried to hug the 150kg (330lb) statue, but it was not fixed in place and toppled over, trapping her underneath. Emergency services and neighbours freed the girl, but she died of traumatic brain injuries before reaching

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