Hadera central station suicide bombing
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| Hadera central station suicide bombing | |
|---|---|
| Location | Hadera, Israel |
| Date | April 13, 1994 9:40 AM – (UTC+2) |
| Attack type | Suicide attack |
| Deaths | 6 |
| Injured | 30 |
| Perpetrator(s) | Hamas, Amar Salah Diab Amarna |
The Hadera central station suicide bombing was a 1994 Hamas suicide attack against Israel. The attack was exactly one week after Hamas previous attack, the Afula Bus suicide bombing.
Hamas bombmaker Yahya Ayyash built a bomb using two kilograms of home-made acetone peroxide explosive. Twenty-one year old Amar Salah Diab Amarna, a native of Yabed, was selected for the mission.[1]
On the morning of April 13, 1994, Amarna boarded the 9:30 bus to Tel Aviv. At 9:40, as the bus was pulling out of the station, Amara placed the bag containing the bomb on the floor of the bus, "where shrapnel could rip through vital arteries in the groin area", and detonated it.[2]
As Israeli rescue workers converged on the scene of the explosion, a second pipe bomb exploded. Hamas later claimed responsibility for the attack[3]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Katz, 108
- ^ Katz 108-109
- ^ Suicide and Car Bomb Attacks in Israel Since the Declaration of Principles (September 1993)
[edit] References
- Katz, Samuel (2002). The Hunt for the Engineer. Lyons Press. ISBN 1585747491.
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