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Thursday 2 October 2014
10 children, others killed in Homs double blasts
At least 10 children are among 22 people killed in
a twin bombings outside a primary school in the
government-controlled city of Homs in central
Syria.
A Syrian pro-government channel broadcast on
Wednesday brief footage of the aftermath,
showing parents looking for their children and
schoolbags and bloodstains on the ground.
Flames rose from a car nearby.
Homs governor Talal Barazzi described the attack
as a “terrorist act and a desperate attempt that
targeted school children”.
The blasts happened as children were leaving the
Ekremah al-Makhzoumi primary school, said an
official with the Homs governorate who refused
to be named.
The first explosion was from a car bomb parked
and detonated in front of the school, followed
minutes later by a suicide bomber who drove by
and detonated his explosives-laden car, said the
anonymous official.
It was one of the deadliest attacks in Homs in
months. At least 56 more people were wounded
in the incident, the official said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility
for Wednesday’s attack, but Syrian rebels fighting
to oust Assad have carried out such bombings
during the country’s civil war.
There have been horrific attacks against civilians
by all sides throughout the brutal conflict, now in
its fourth year, but rarely have children appeared
to be the direct target.
In May, Syrian government forces dropped a
bomb in the northern city of Aleppo, hitting a
complex that held a school alongside a rebel
compound.
At least 19 people, including 10 children were
killed in that attack.
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