Remains of more than 200 children found at indigenous school in Canada

Remains of more than 200 children found at indigenous school in Canada
The former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia (Andrew Snucins/The Canadian Press via AP)

The remains of 215 children, some as young as three years old, have been found buried on the site of what was once Canada’s largest indigenous residential school.

Chief Rosanne Casimir of the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc First Nation said in a news release that the remains were confirmed last weekend with the help of ground-penetrating radar.

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