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| Suicide bomber kills 10, wounds 44 in Jerusalem |
| 2004-02-22 |
| Followup to Frank's post, below... Ten people were killed and 44 injured in a suicide bombing on the number 19 bus in Jerusalem yesterday. Of the injured, 13 were in a serious condition, 13 were moderate and the rest lightly injured. Fatah’s military wing took responsibility for the attack. The Palestinian Authority said it condemned all injury to innocent people. Of course the PA doesn’t consider any Israeli an innocent, same as Bin Laden doesn’t consider any American an innocent. The suicide bomber, Ali Juara, 24, was a member of the Palestinian tourist police in Bethlehem and a resident of the city’s Aida refugee camp. In the "will" he wrote before carrying out the attack, he said that it was to avenge the Israel Defense Forces operation in Zeitun, in the Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, in which eight Palestinians were killed. The attack took place around 9 A.M. when the bus was crowded with people on their way to jobs or studies. Jerusalem police said Juara apparently carried the six-kilogram bomb, which was spiked with iron shards, in his knapsack. He blew himself up at the back of the bus, and the force of the blast sent the rear section of the roof flying through the air. Pieces of metal siding landed as up to scores of meters away from the site of the explosion on the corner of Gaza and Arlosoroff streets. The Institute of Forensic Medicine at Abu Kabir initially had trouble identifying the victims, both because the bodies had been badly damaged in the blast and because most of the victims were not carrying any identification. By early evening, however, all 10 had been identified and named. |
| Posted by:TS |
| #1 Hezbollah wants 30 dead bodies. If Ali Juara's body is now in 30 pieces, is that good enough? |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-2-22 12:08:28 PM |