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| Middle East |
| Suicide Bomber Kills Himself Near Israeli Police |
| 2002-05-20 |
| A Palestinian blew himself up near a police patrol in northern Israel Monday in the second suicide bombing in less than 24 hours, but killed only himself, police said. The blast, one day after a suicide bomber killed three people in the coastal city of Netanya, raised fears of a new wave of suicide bombings after a lull in violence that world leaders have been trying to build on to revive peace efforts. The incident occurred at about 7:20 a.m. near a bus stop at Taanachim Junction in the southern Galilee area when a tall man wearing jeans and sports shoes tried to board a bus picking up workers who were going to a nearby factory. When told it was a private bus, he disembarked but suspicious passengers alerted the police by mobile phone, police sources said. The man detonated his explosives when two members of a police patrol approached him and asked for his identity papers. Like I always say, if you're not standing too close it's kinda fun watching them explode... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |