Karkur junction suicide bombing

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Karkur junction bus bombing
Part of the Second Intifada militancy campaign
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The attack site
Native nameהפיגוע בצומת כרכור
LocationKarkur junction, Wadi Ara, Israel
Coordinates 32°27′54″N34°59′38″E / 32.46500°N 34.99389°E / 32.46500; 34.99389
DateOctober 21, 2002;21 years ago (2002-10-21)
Attack type
Suicide bomber
Deaths7 soldiers and 7 civilians (+2 attackers)
Injured50+
Perpetrator Islamic Jihad

The Karkur junction bus bombing was a suicide attack on October 21, 2002, at the Karkur junction near Wadi Ara, Israel. The attack, carried out by Islamic Jihad, killed 14 passengers and wounded 50.

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The attack

Egged commuter bus 841 was on its way on Route No. 65 from Kiryat Shmona to Tel Aviv when it stopped at the Karkur junction, about 8 kilometers from Hadera at the afternoon rush hour. A passenger got on and spoke to driver Chaim Avraham, but before he could answer, a jeep loaded with an estimated 100 kilograms of TNT rammed the back of the bus, causing an explosion. A fire broke out, causing a chain of explosions from the ammunition carried by soldiers who were riding the bus. [1] The explosion ignited the fuel tank, leaving the bus completely gutted. The blaze initially prevented the police and rescue workers from approaching the bus, which was reduced to a blackened skeleton. [2]

7 Israeli soldiers and 7 civilians were killed in the attack and 50 passengers were wounded. [3]

Official reactions

The Palestinian Authority said it condemned the suicide bombing. An Israeli official expressed skepticism, declaring that "The Palestinian Authority has become a prime authority on terror and could not care less about preventing it." [4]

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