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Three children dead in Mexico bomb attack: officials

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She was inside the house at the time of the attack, but authorities said she managed to escape the blaze with her hair and clothes on fire. Her husband was at work when the attack took place, officials said.

Firefighters have so far found the bodies of two children in the house, both underneath a bed.

Ciudad Juarez is considered the most violent city in Mexico, with more than 3,100 homicides last year. Most of the violence is blamed on drug cartels who fight for control of lucrative drug routes into the United States. Nationwide the drug war has claimed the lives of over 34,600 people over four years.

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2011

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