Bomb Kills 3 at Church Service

A bomb exploded at a Christmas Eve church service in a Frankfurt suburb, killing three people and seriously injuring six, police said. One child was among the injured, who were taken to area hospitals. The bomb went off about 11:15 p.m. at a Protestant church in the western Frankfurt district of Sindlingen. A police spokesman said the bomb was placed in a pew near the back of the church, which was crowded with about 70 people. The dead--all women--apparently included the woman who was suspected of being the bomber, police spokesman Manfred Fuellhardt said.