A woman and the child walk outside a house following an explosion in Baghdad, Sunday, Feb, 12, 2006.[Xinhua/AFP]

    BAGHDAD, Feb. 15 (Xinhuanet) -- A makeshift roadside bomb detonated Wednesday morning killed at least three children as they were heading to school in central Baghdad, a police source said. 

    "At least three children were killed as they were walking to their school when an explosive charge went off at about 8:00 a.m.(0500 GMT) on a road near the al-Fadil primary school in central Baghdad," Captain Ahmed Abdullah told Xinhua.

    The blast was probably targeting a police patrol which used to patrol the area, he said.  Enditem