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The Patt junction bus bombing was a suicide bombing on an Egged bus carried out by Hamas in Jerusalem on June 18, 2002, killing 19 people and wounding over 74.
[edit] The attack
At 7:50 AM the Palestinian suicide bomber got onto the Egged line 32A bus, which came from the Gilo neighborhood and stopped in Beit Safafa, a neighborhood of Jerusalem which is populated mostly by Arabs. The bomber went into the bus and exploded himself in the front. His explosive belt included metal balls for shrapnel in order to maximize casualties. [1] Palestinian Islamist group Hamas claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack. The suicide bomber was identified as Muhamed al-Ral, an Islamic law student at An-Najah National University in Nablus, a known Hamas stronghold.
[edit] Victims
- Boaz Aluf, 54, of Jerusalem
- Shani Avi-Zedek, 15, of Jerusalem
- Leah Baruch, 59, of Jerusalem
- Mendel Bereson, 72, of Jerusalem
- Raphael Berger, 28, of Jerusalem
- Michal Biazi, 24, of Jerusalem
- Tatiana Braslavsky, 41, of Jerusalem
- Galila Bugala, 11, of Jerusalem
- Raisa Dikstein, 67, of Jerusalem
- Dr. Moshe Gottlieb, 70, of Jerusalem
- Baruch Gruani, 60, of Jerusalem
- Orit Hayla, 21, of Jerusalem
- Helena Ivan, 63, of Jerusalem
- Iman Kabha, 26, of Barta'a
- Shiri Negari, 21, of Jerusalem
- Gila Nakav, 55, of Jerusalem
- Yelena Plagov, 42, of Jerusalem
- Liat Yagen, 24 of Jerusalem
- Rahamim Zidkiyahu, 51, of Jerusalem
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