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19-08-03, 20:37
15 killed in suicide bombing on bus in downtown Jerusalem
By Amos Harel and Jonathan Lis, Haaretz Correspondents, Haaretz Service and Agencies
At least 15 people were killed, including a number
of children, and dozens were wounded in a suicide
bombing Tuesday night on a bus in downtown
Jerusalem.
The explosion occured at around
9 P.M. in the Shmuel Hanavi
neighborhood of the capital,
close to French Hill.
Of the wounded, 13 are in
serious condition, 13 sustained
moderate to serious wounds and
the rest were lightly injured.
The White House condemned the attack, and urged
the Palestinians to dismantle the terrorist
organizations.
Jerusalem police chief Mickey Levy said that the
bomb had been a large one, and that bus was
still being checked for further explosive
devices.
Most of the people on the bus, which was
travelling from the Western Wall to the
religious neighborhood of Har Nof, were
ultra-Orthodox Jews, Channel One Television
reported. Police are checking the possibility
that the terrorist was disguised as a Haredi
Jew, the report said.
Reuters journalist Barry Moody said from the
scene that two buses were hit by the blast. He
said one - on which the suicide bomber is
thought to have set off his explosive device -
was completely devastated, while the other -
travelling behind - had its windows blown out.
The Magen David Adom rescue service said that at
least 74 people were wounded, some in serious
condition.
Police have closed the site off to traffic and
have asked the public to keep away from the
scene of the blast.
There has as yet been no claim of
responsibility, although the militant Islamic
Jihad orgazination has vowed revenge for the
August 14 killing of senior official Mohammed
Sidr during his arrest by IDF troops in the
West Bank city of Hebron.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/331199.html
By Amos Harel and Jonathan Lis, Haaretz Correspondents, Haaretz Service and Agencies
At least 15 people were killed, including a number
of children, and dozens were wounded in a suicide
bombing Tuesday night on a bus in downtown
Jerusalem.
The explosion occured at around
9 P.M. in the Shmuel Hanavi
neighborhood of the capital,
close to French Hill.
Of the wounded, 13 are in
serious condition, 13 sustained
moderate to serious wounds and
the rest were lightly injured.
The White House condemned the attack, and urged
the Palestinians to dismantle the terrorist
organizations.
Jerusalem police chief Mickey Levy said that the
bomb had been a large one, and that bus was
still being checked for further explosive
devices.
Most of the people on the bus, which was
travelling from the Western Wall to the
religious neighborhood of Har Nof, were
ultra-Orthodox Jews, Channel One Television
reported. Police are checking the possibility
that the terrorist was disguised as a Haredi
Jew, the report said.
Reuters journalist Barry Moody said from the
scene that two buses were hit by the blast. He
said one - on which the suicide bomber is
thought to have set off his explosive device -
was completely devastated, while the other -
travelling behind - had its windows blown out.
The Magen David Adom rescue service said that at
least 74 people were wounded, some in serious
condition.
Police have closed the site off to traffic and
have asked the public to keep away from the
scene of the blast.
There has as yet been no claim of
responsibility, although the militant Islamic
Jihad orgazination has vowed revenge for the
August 14 killing of senior official Mohammed
Sidr during his arrest by IDF troops in the
West Bank city of Hebron.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/331199.html