BAGHDAD, Feb 27: A truck-bomb exploded at a crowded football pitch in Ramadi on Tuesday, slaughtering 18 boys under the age of 15, a Sunni leader said.

The truck, which was parked next to the pitch and loaded up with logs, detonated as the boys played, said Sheikh Hamid al-Hais, deputy head of a council of Sunni tribal chiefs opposed to Al Qaeda.

“The bombers have no humanity,” Sheikh Hamid said. “Eighteen boys were killed, the oldest one was 15. Dozens more were wounded.”—AFP