Monday, April 17, 2006

6 killed in Tel Aviv blast

From Ynet News 17/4/06, by Avi Cohen ...

Loud explosion rattles shawarma stand at old central bus station area in southern Tel Aviv... Islamic Jihad, al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claim responsibility for attack ... six people were killed in the blast and at least 30 people were wounded, 10 of them sustaining serious wounds.

According to an eyewitness, the terrorist entered the store, and when the security guard asked him to open his bag he detonated himself. A short while after the explosion, police forces began chasing a blue commercial Mitsubishi vehicle seen fleeing the area of the attack.

....The previous terror attack at the area took place on January, when an Islamic Jihad suicide comber detonated himself next to the same shawarma stand, wounding 32 people. Following the attack, the stand owners placed security guard in the area.

...Immediately after the attack, security forces raised their alert level across the country.
Following the terror attack, the Immigration Absorption Ministry opened an information line for immigrants in Russian, Amharic, French, Spanish, English, and Hebrew. The phone number is: 1255 081 010

Efrat Weiss contributed to the report

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