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| A bomb blast has killed at least seven people, mostly children, at a middle school in the Iraqi capital Baghdad . | |
| The explosion also wounded at least 30 others, reports say. The toll is expected to rise. | |
| The attack happened in the Shia neighbourhood of Sadr City, an impoverished area that is seen as a stronghold of Shia militants. | The attack happened in the Shia neighbourhood of Sadr City, an impoverished area that is seen as a stronghold of Shia militants. |
| Many children were returning to school for the first time after the Muslim feast of Eid al-Adha. | Many children were returning to school for the first time after the Muslim feast of Eid al-Adha. |
| The blast happened at 1310 local time (1010 GMT) at Abaa Dhar School for boys in the north-east of Baghdad. | |
| Most of those killed and injured were children, police said, and all those killed were between the ages of 12 and 14. | |
| Sadr City used to be one of the most violent neighbourhoods in Baghdad. At the height of the insurgency in 2006-2007 it saw some of the fiercest fighting, the BBC correspondent in Baghdad, Natalia Antelava, says. | |
| There have been explosions at markets in Sadr City in recent months, but for residents the attack on children brings memories of some of the worst years, our correspondent adds. | |
| It comes a day after the Iraqi parliament passed the resolution paving a way for the general election in February. | |
| The move was praised as an important step towards political stability, but, according to our correspondent Natalia Antelava, the explosion is a reminder of how unstable and fragile security is. | |
| Government figures show that violence in Iraq has fallen generally over the past 18 months. Figures also indicate that civilian deaths last month, at 88, fell to their lowest level since the 2003 US invasion. | Government figures show that violence in Iraq has fallen generally over the past 18 months. Figures also indicate that civilian deaths last month, at 88, fell to their lowest level since the 2003 US invasion. |