This Child Was Still Holding His Books and a Pencil before Entering the Hospital.

• Afghanistan

This morning, a central district of Kabul, Afghanistan, was the scene of a deadly attack. A car, loaded with explosives, blew up near a Ministry of Defence building.

? #Kabul big explosion in PD16. 38 wounded brought to our hospital, 22 of them admitted #KabulExplosion #KabulBlast

— EMERGENCY (@emergency_ong) 1 luglio 2019

Our hospital immediately began to receive the wounded: 38 people. 22 of them needed to be hospitalised for surgery, while the others would be treated as outpatients. Two died on arrival.

As the day progressed, the number of patients at our Surgical Centre for War Victims rose to 45. Many are children. They were going to school. School children.

Meanwhile, outside, the fighting continues. We hear the gunshots and other smaller explosions.

This child was still holding his books and a pencil before entering the hospital.

Schoolchildren wounded in today’s car bomb explosion, arrive at @emergency_ong in Kabul, books still in hand #Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/hxJos8fAFy

— Jim Huylebroek (@jimhuylebroek) 1 luglio 2019

Photo credit: Jim Huylebroek.