Sunday, 25 February 2007 

At least 42 people were killed and 55 injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance to a college in the east of the city. 

Most of the victims of the blast at the college were students, police and witnesses said. 

Higher Education Minister Abed Dhiab al-Uljaili said most of the victims were students who had gone to sit exams.

The college is part of the al-Mustansiriyah university, Baghdad's second largest, and had received threats warning it to close 

Infamy

Men carry a student of 

the Mustansiriya University's Economy and Administration college

 Women grieve as they wait to claim the body of a relative

 A woman cries, as she waits to claim the body of her son

Photos © Reuters 2007