That was quite a punch to the emotional solar plexus of an eight-year-old boy.

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An eight-year-old boy was taken to hospital but police said his condition was not believed to be life-threatening.

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Details of the victims have not been revealed, however the Associated Press news agency reported that an eight-year-old boy was among the dead.

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As an eight-year-old boy, he was given permission to help pour a first casting in the art department of Makerere University in Kampala.

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Among the dead were an eight-year-old boy, Martin Richard, from Boston.

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It is hoped the search will locate the bodies of the three members of the Greene family, an eight-year-old boy, his 32-year-old father and 54-year-old grandfather.

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But I think, you know, the kids eventually might see just I think what I noticed, this family, the children, who are there's two teenage girls and an eight-year-old boy, especially the teenagers, they noticed that their mother was stressed, that she was stressed by this issue.

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The couple have a three-year-old boy and an eight-month-old girl.

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The third person to die in the attack was an eight-year old boy.

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