IRAQ: A BOMB PLANTED IN A CLASSROOM OF A PRIMARY SCHOOL IN KERBALA WENT OFF DURING SCHOOL HOURS

Record ID: 358917

  • Title: IRAQ: A BOMB PLANTED IN A CLASSROOM OF A PRIMARY SCHOOL IN KERBALA WENT OFF DURING SCHOOL HOURS
  • Date: 19th November 2003
  • Summary: (W3)KERBALA, 55 MILES SOUTH OF BAGHDAD, IRAQ (NOVEMBER 19, 2003)(REUTERS) 1. SLV OF CLASSROOM WHERE THE BOMB HAD GONE OFF (2 SHOTS) 0.07 2. SV SHRAPNEL IMPACT ON CLASSROOM CEILING 0.12 3. CU BLOOD STAINS ON CLASSROOM DOOR 0.14 4. PAN/SLV BLOOD STAINS ON STEPS/DAMAGED CLASSROOM (3 SHOTS) 0.33 5. SV CHILD WITH A BANDAGED LEGS
  • Embargoed: 4th December 2003 12:00
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  • Location: KERBALA AND BAGHDAD,IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVA4LLYL0WUZ4R0KNN2Z4NY9D4QH
  • Story Text: At least two children were killed and others others
    wounded in a bomb blast at their primary school in Kerbala
    and a roadside bomb went off as a U.S. convoy was passing
    by in centra Baghdad, causing injuries, an eyewitness said.



    A bomb planted in a classroom of a primary school in
    the southern Iraqi city of Kerbala went off during school
    hours on Wednesday (November 19), killing at least two
    school boys, eyewitnesses said.

    No one claimed responsibility for the attack in the
    holy Shi'ite city 55 miles south of Baghdad.

    A child with severe leg and stomach injuries was taken
    to Kerbala hospital, where a doctor said that he suffered
    of severe leg and stomach wounds.

    The doctor, Mohamed Fadel, said he believed that at
    least two children were killed in the attack that took
    place on Wednesday noon.

    On November 3, a bomb exploded outside a hotel used by
    Iranian pilgrims in Kerbala, killing three people.

    On Thursday (November 20) morning, a U.S. convoy of
    two vehicles struck a bomb planted on the roadside in the
    central Shalchiya area of Baghdad near al-Karkh hospital,
    witnesses said.

    People who were in the area when the attack happened
    said a roadside bomb exploded while the convoy was driving
    near a bridge in the area.

    "At about 8:00 o'clock in the morning, we heard a loud
    explosion and as we saw a civilian car was damaged and
    three Americans were injured," said Raid Kadhim, member of
    the protection forces of Al-Karkh Hospital.

    U.S. soldiers deployed to the site immediately after
    the attack, sealing off the roads leading to the site of
    the attack and searching the area for the suspects behind
    the attack.

    There is no confirmation from the U.S. military of the
    attack.

    Faced with a mounting security crisis, U.S. troops
    have stepped up their campaign against Iraqi insurgents,
    going after them with massive firepower before they have a
    chance to strike.

    The U.S. 1st Armoured Divisions 3rd Brigade launched
    "Operation Iron Hammer" this week, deploying into the
    roughest parts of Baghdad to ferret out the attackers who
    have killed scores of U.S. troops since Iraqi leader Saddam
    Hussein was ousted in April.


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