Posted on 10/26/2009 9:48:43 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Hospital and police officials say 24 children were among the 155 killed in twin suicide blasts that targeted government buildings in Baghdad.
An official at the hospital where the children's bodies were brought says they were on a bus leaving a daycare center next to the Justice Ministry when the attack happened. The bus driver was also killed, and six kids injured.
A local police official confirmed the deaths of the children in Sunday's attack. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity Monday because they were not authorized to talk to the media.
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