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| Suicide bomber hits Iraq college | Suicide bomber hits Iraq college |
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| A suicide bomber has killed at least 42 people and injured 55 in an attack at a college in eastern Baghdad, police say. | A suicide bomber has killed at least 42 people and injured 55 in an attack at a college in eastern Baghdad, police say. |
| Witnesses said a man detonated his suicide jacket after being challenged by guards at the main entrance. | Witnesses said a man detonated his suicide jacket after being challenged by guards at the main entrance. |
| Earlier, at least four people were hurt in a car bombing, and one was killed in an explosion near the Iranian embassy. | |
| The attacks came a day after Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki said sectarian killings had fallen as a result of the US-backed security surge. | |
| The college is controlled by one of Iraq's most powerful Shiite militias, the Mehdi Army. | |
| A statement by Mehdi Army leader Moqtada al-Sadr said the crackdown in Baghdad was doomed to fail. | |
| He said he did not think any security plan would work unless the Iraqi government itself took complete control of protecting its citizens, and he once again called on the Americans to withdraw from Iraq. | |
| Victims attending exams | |
| Most of the victims of Sunday's blast at the College of Administration and Economics were students, police and witnesses said. | Most of the victims of Sunday's blast at the College of Administration and Economics were students, police and witnesses said. |
| Many of the victims were young students | Many of the victims were young students |
| "There was an explosion. I did not feel anything for 15 minutes and when I returned to consciousness, I found myself in the hospital," Muhanad Nasir, a 22-year-old student, was quoted as saying by the Associated Press news agency. | "There was an explosion. I did not feel anything for 15 minutes and when I returned to consciousness, I found myself in the hospital," Muhanad Nasir, a 22-year-old student, was quoted as saying by the Associated Press news agency. |
| Higher Education Minister Abed Dhiab al-Uljaili said most of the victims were students who had gone to sit exams and that five guards were among the dead, AFP news agency reported. | Higher Education Minister Abed Dhiab al-Uljaili said most of the victims were students who had gone to sit exams and that five guards were among the dead, AFP news agency reported. |
| The agency said terrified parents converged on the scene, some collapsing in horror at the sight of blood and flesh at the entrance to the building. | The agency said terrified parents converged on the scene, some collapsing in horror at the sight of blood and flesh at the entrance to the building. |
| The college is part of the al-Mustansiriyah university, Baghdad's second largest, and had received threats warning it to close, the BBC's Jane Peel in Baghdad says. | |
| It is not the first time the university has been targeted. | It is not the first time the university has been targeted. |
| Last month, more than 100 students were killed in a co-ordinated attack involving two car bombs and a suicide bomber at the university's main building. | Last month, more than 100 students were killed in a co-ordinated attack involving two car bombs and a suicide bomber at the university's main building. |