BREAKING NEWS MONDAY: TWO EXPLOSIONS IN BAGHDAD HIT EDUCATION BUILDING: UNDETERMINED NUMBER OF CASUALTIES

Two explosions rattle Education Faculty, leave casualties

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Monday , 16 /06 /2008 Time 12:13:49
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Baghdad, Jun 16, (VOI) – Two explosions rattled northern Baghdad's Faculty of Education on Monday morning, leaving an unknown number of casualties among students and security guards, according to eyewitnesses.

"A blast occurred at the entrance of the Faculty of Education in northern Baghdad's al-Adhamiya area, leaving an unknown number of casualties," one of the faculty's students told Aswat al-Iraq-Voices of Iraq- (VOI). "The blast might have been caused by an improvised explosive device (IED)," the student said.Earlier, another student told VOI that an explosion, whose cause remains unknown, killed a student and a security guard and wounded several students.No comment was immediately available from Iraqi authorities.

Iraqi university students began their end-of-term examinations two weeks ago.