Double bombing kills at least 41 children at school in Syria

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At least 41 Syrian children aged under 12 have been killed in a double bombing by a lone assailant at a school in the government-controlled city of Homs, a monitor said.

They were among 48 people who died in the attacks in the Akrameh neighbourhood, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, updating an earlier toll.

"At least 41 schoolchildren were killed in the double bombing at the Akrameh al-Makhzumi school in Homs city today. Several children are still missing, and the toll may rise further still," Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman said.

The adults killed were four civilians and three members of the security forces.

One attacker carried out both bombings.

"He planted a bomb at one location at the school, and then blew himself up at another spot nearby," Abdel Rahman said.

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-02/school-bombing-kills-41-children-in-syria/5784266

I can't fathom how someone justifies this. beyond sad.

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1. Who is justifying it? Suicide bombers don't care who they kill.

Al Qaeda group linked to similar bombings

Al Qaeda's branch in Syria, Al-Nusra Front, said it was behind a similar twin bombing in the central city that killed at least 12 people in May.

Homs governor Talal al-Barazi gave a toll of 31 killed and 74 wounded in Wednesday's attacks.

The children were between six and nine years old, he added.

The toll is among the highest suffered by children in suicide attacks in Syria since the conflict erupted more than three years ago.