TEHRAN, March 03 (MNA) – Seven students died after they fell from a fourth-floor balcony at the Public University of El Alto in El Alto, Bolivia, on Tuesday.

Download 3 MB Authorities said four more students have been hospitalized with serious injuries, Daily Mail reported.

The victims were among dozens of students who had gathered for an assembly and were seen fighting for space in a hallway.

The balcony railing then broke sending a group of students falling over the edge.

Several students sprung to action and saved others from falling off the balcony.