Kiryat Menachem bus bombing

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Kiryat Menachem bus bombing
Part of the Second Intifada militancy campaign
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The attack site
Native nameהפיגוע בקו 20 בירושלים
Location Kiryat Menachem, Jerusalem
Coordinates 31°45′29″N35°10′10″E / 31.75806°N 35.16944°E / 31.75806; 35.16944
DateNovember 21, 2002;21 years ago (2002-11-21)
c. 7:00 am (UTC+2)
Attack type
 Suicide bomber
Weapon5 kilograms (11 lb) suicide vest
Deaths11 civilians (including 4 children) & 1 attacker
Injured50+ civilians
Perpetrator Hamas claimed responsibility
Participant1

A Palestinian suicide bombing occurred on November 21, 2002 in a public bus in the neighborhood of Kiryat Menachem [1] in Jerusalem. 11 people were murdered in the attack and over 50 were injured. [2]

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The Palestinian Islamist militant organization Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack. [3]

The attack

On November 21, 2002, at around 7:00 am, Palestinian suicide bomber Na'el Abu Hilail, wearing an explosives belt packed with five-kilograms of explosives and shrapnel, boarded the public bus on Mexico Street in Jerusalem.

The suicide bomber detonated the explosives in the crowded bus, before the bus reached the next stop, while the bus was in the suburban neighborhood of Kiryat Menachem. [4] 11 people were killed in the attack and over 50 were injured. [5]

The perpetrators

Hamas took credit for the attack, which was carried out by Na'el Abu Hilail, 22, from el-Khader, just south of Bethlehem. [5] Four of the victims were children on their way to school. [5] Abu Hilail's father said he was pleased with his son, saying "Our religion says we are proud of him until the day of resurrection." His friends said he was a supporter of Islamic Jihad. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Cole, Leonard A. (May 23, 2007). Terror: How Israel Has Coped and What America Can Learn . Indiana University Press. p.  244. ISBN   978-0253000019.
  2. ↑ AT LEAST 10 murdered IN SUICIDE BOMBING OF JERUSALEM BUS – New York Times
  3. ↑ Ochs, Juliana (June 6, 2011). Security and Suspicion: An Ethnography of Everyday Life in Israel. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN   978-0812205688.
  4. ↑ Ilan Perlman
  5. 1 2 3 "The JPost – Casualties of War". Archived from the original on April 2, 2012. Retrieved July 2, 2008.
  6. ↑ Israeli Forces Enter Bethlehem as Retaliation for Bus Bombing in Jerusalem
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