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Belgium mourns Swiss crash

A note that reads: "courage to the mums and dads, brothers and sisters, friends, from Eline and Nele", is placed next to candles and flowers, in front of the Sint Lambertus school in Heverlee, Belgium. A tour bus slammed into a tunnel wall in the Swiss Alps on Wednesday morning in a horrific accident that killed 22 Belgian 12-year-old students returning from a joyous ski vacation as well as the six adults who were accompanying them. (AP Photo)

Updated on: Mar 15, 2012 9:51 PM IST

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A note that reads: "courage to the mums and dads, brothers and sisters, friends, from Eline and Nele", is placed next to candles and flowers, in front of the Sint Lambertus school in Heverlee, Belgium. A tour bus slammed into a tunnel wall in the Swiss Alps on Wednesday morning in a horrific accident that killed 22 Belgian 12-year-old students returning from a joyous ski vacation as well as the six adults who were accompanying them. (AP Photo)

Updated on Mar 15, 2012 9:51 PM

A note that reads: "courage to the mums and dads, brothers and sisters, friends, from Eline and Nele", is placed next to candles and flowers, in front of the Sint Lambertus school in Heverlee, Belgium. A tour bus slammed into a tunnel wall in the Swiss Alps on Wednesday morning in a horrific accident that killed 22 Belgian 12-year-old students returning from a joyous ski vacation as well as the six adults who were accompanying them. (AP Photo)

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Flowers, candles and tributes are placed at the gate of the Sint Lambertus school in Heverlee, Belgium, where pupils of the school were involved in a fatal bus crash in Switzerland. A tour bus slammed into a tunnel wall in the Swiss Alps on Wednesday morning in a horrific accident that killed 22 Belgian 12-year-old students returning from a joyous ski vacation as well as the six adults who were accompanying them. (AP Photo)

Updated on Mar 15, 2012 9:51 PM

Flowers, candles and tributes are placed at the gate of the Sint Lambertus school in Heverlee, Belgium, where pupils of the school were involved in a fatal bus crash in Switzerland. A tour bus slammed into a tunnel wall in the Swiss Alps on Wednesday morning in a horrific accident that killed 22 Belgian 12-year-old students returning from a joyous ski vacation as well as the six adults who were accompanying them. (AP Photo)

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A bus carrying the families of the victims leaves the tunnel in Sierre where a bus crashed two days ago killing 28 people, among them 22 children. Swiss authorities said they would likely re-examine tunnel safety design after a bus crash that killed 22 children and six adults as they returned to Belgium from a skiing holiday. (AFP Photo)

Updated on Mar 15, 2012 9:51 PM

A bus carrying the families of the victims leaves the tunnel in Sierre where a bus crashed two days ago killing 28 people, among them 22 children. Swiss authorities said they would likely re-examine tunnel safety design after a bus crash that killed 22 children and six adults as they returned to Belgium from a skiing holiday. (AFP Photo)

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Belgium officials take part in a press conference at the Lommel City Hall, in Lommel. Twenty-eight people were killed when a coach packed with schoolchildren crashed in southern Switzerland as they returned to Belgium from a skiing holiday, Swiss police said. Twenty-two children were killed in the accident, which happened when the bus inexplicably swerved and hit a concrete wall while travelling through a tunnel late on March 13.(AFP Photo)

Updated on Mar 15, 2012 9:51 PM

Belgium officials take part in a press conference at the Lommel City Hall, in Lommel. Twenty-eight people were killed when a coach packed with schoolchildren crashed in southern Switzerland as they returned to Belgium from a skiing holiday, Swiss police said. Twenty-two children were killed in the accident, which happened when the bus inexplicably swerved and hit a concrete wall while travelling through a tunnel late on March 13.(AFP Photo)

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A relative holds a rose while waiting in a bus to visit the scene of an accident in Tunnel de Sierre, in Uvrier near Sion. Distraught relatives flew to Switzerland on Wednesday after a bus carrying a Belgian school group home from a ski trip crashed into the wall of a Swiss tunnel, killing 22 children and six others. (Reuters)

Updated on Mar 15, 2012 9:51 PM

A relative holds a rose while waiting in a bus to visit the scene of an accident in Tunnel de Sierre, in Uvrier near Sion. Distraught relatives flew to Switzerland on Wednesday after a bus carrying a Belgian school group home from a ski trip crashed into the wall of a Swiss tunnel, killing 22 children and six others. (Reuters)

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Flowers, drawings and candles are laid outside St Lambertus school in Heverlee, paying tribute to the victims of a bus crash in Switzerland. A bus carrying a Belgian school group home from a ski trip crashed into the wall of a tunnel in Sierre in the Valais region of Switzerland, killing 28 people, 22 of them children. (Reuters)

Updated on Mar 15, 2012 9:51 PM

Flowers, drawings and candles are laid outside St Lambertus school in Heverlee, paying tribute to the victims of a bus crash in Switzerland. A bus carrying a Belgian school group home from a ski trip crashed into the wall of a tunnel in Sierre in the Valais region of Switzerland, killing 28 people, 22 of them children. (Reuters)

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Relatives of the victims of a bus crash in Sierre stand outside their hotel in Uvrier near Sion. Distraught relatives flew to Switzerland on Wednesday after a bus carrying a Belgian school group home from a ski trip crashed into the wall of a Swiss tunnel, killing 22 children and six others.(Reuters)

Updated on Mar 15, 2012 9:51 PM

Relatives of the victims of a bus crash in Sierre stand outside their hotel in Uvrier near Sion. Distraught relatives flew to Switzerland on Wednesday after a bus carrying a Belgian school group home from a ski trip crashed into the wall of a Swiss tunnel, killing 22 children and six others.(Reuters)

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Two teddy bears have been left on the gate of the 't Stekske primary school in Lommel. Belgians were in mourning after 22 children died in a bus crash in Switzerland, with newspapers bemoaning the national tragedy. (AFP Photo)

Updated on Mar 15, 2012 9:51 PM

Two teddy bears have been left on the gate of the 't Stekske primary school in Lommel. Belgians were in mourning after 22 children died in a bus crash in Switzerland, with newspapers bemoaning the national tragedy. (AFP Photo)

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Three girls light candle tributes during a White March in homage to the victims of a tourist bus crash in a tunnel of the motorway A9, in Sierre, western Switzerland. (AP Photo)

Updated on Mar 15, 2012 9:51 PM

Three girls light candle tributes during a White March in homage to the victims of a tourist bus crash in a tunnel of the motorway A9, in Sierre, western Switzerland. (AP Photo)

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The wreckage of a tourist bus from Belgium is seen at a hangar of the maintenance center of the motorway A9, in Sierre, western Switzerland. The bus carrying Belgian students returning from a ski holiday crashed into a wall in a Swiss tunnel, killing 22 Belgian 12-year-olds and six adults. (AP Photo)

Updated on Mar 15, 2012 9:51 PM

The wreckage of a tourist bus from Belgium is seen at a hangar of the maintenance center of the motorway A9, in Sierre, western Switzerland. The bus carrying Belgian students returning from a ski holiday crashed into a wall in a Swiss tunnel, killing 22 Belgian 12-year-olds and six adults. (AP Photo)

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A little girl stands next to a tribute of flowers, candles, toys and poems left on the gate of the 't Stekske primary school in Lommel. Belgians were in mourning after 22 children died in a bus crash in Switzerland, with newspapers bemoaning the national tragedy. (AFP Photo)

Updated on Mar 15, 2012 9:51 PM

A little girl stands next to a tribute of flowers, candles, toys and poems left on the gate of the 't Stekske primary school in Lommel. Belgians were in mourning after 22 children died in a bus crash in Switzerland, with newspapers bemoaning the national tragedy. (AFP Photo)

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Tributes are paid on a bridge over the A9 highway at the entrance of the tunnel in Sierre, in the Swiss canton of Valais, southern of Switzerland, where a bus crashed on March 13, killing 28 people, including 22 children from two schools of Lommel and Heverlee, returning to Belgium from a skiing holiday. (AFP Photo)

Updated on Mar 15, 2012 9:51 PM

Tributes are paid on a bridge over the A9 highway at the entrance of the tunnel in Sierre, in the Swiss canton of Valais, southern of Switzerland, where a bus crashed on March 13, killing 28 people, including 22 children from two schools of Lommel and Heverlee, returning to Belgium from a skiing holiday. (AFP Photo)

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