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Woman killed in Israeli suicide bombing
An Israeli woman was killed and 11 people wounded on Monday in a suicide bombing claimed by Palestinian militants at a shopping centre in the desert town of Dimona, the first such attack in a year. Medics said one suicide bomber was killed in the blast and a second was killed by police shortly after the explosion that rocked the mall in Dimona, site of Israel's top secret nuclear reactor.The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a group loosely linked to Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah party, claimed joint responsibility with two other groups. And the Palestinian Hamas movement which rules the Gaza Strip called the attack a "heroic act" and a "natural response to occupation crimes." The Magen David Adom medical rescue services said in a statement that the blast killed one civilian and wounded 11, including one seriously, while a police officer told Israeli radio that the dead victim was a woman. An unexploded bomb belt was found at the site of the blast, which ripped through the shopping mall in the town in the Negev desert at 10:30 am (0830 GMT), Magen David said. "Israel will continue to fight terrorism by all necessary means," foreign ministry spokesman Arye Mekel told AFP. Posted by: ryuge 2008-02-04 |
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