Nepal, June 27 -- At least 29 students were killed and 260 others were injured in a stampede in the Central African Republic's capital city after an electrical transformer exploded while thousands of students were taking an exam at a high school.

Authorities in the city of Bangui said that the transformer exploded at Barthelemy Boganda High School while an estimated 5,000 students from five different local schools were taking a baccalaureate exam on Wednesday, June 25, according to the Associated Press, Reuters and the BBC.

The Central African Republic's Ministry of National Education told the outlets that the explosion occurred as power was being restored to the transformer after a malfunction.

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