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21 hurt in bombing on Jerusalem bus
[Ynet] Two buses catch on fire on Moshe Baram Road in the capital's East Talpiot neighborhood as a result of kaboom; 2 seriously maimed, six in moderate condition, suffering from burns and smoke inhalation.Twenty-one people were maimed when an bomb blew up on a bus on Monday afternoon, causing it to catch on fire while it was driving on Moshe Baram Road in Jerusalem, in what the defense establishment suspects to be a terror bombing. The number 12 Egged bus was travelling from the East Talpiot neighborhood (Armon HaNatziv) towards Mount Herzl when an kaboom went off on it and it caught fire. As a result of the kaboom, a nearby bus and a private vehicle also caught on fire. Jerusalem District Commander Yoram HaLevy confirmed on Monday evening the kaboom was caused by an bomb placed in the rear part of the bus. "We are still in the initial stages of the investigation. We're trying to find out primarily where the bomb came from and who placed it on the bus," HaLevy said, adding that it should not take police much longer to indentify who planted the explosive on the bus. He did, however, stress that "we can't at the moment come out with a clear statement that this was done by a terrorist or a jacket wallah. We're looking into all possibilities, as we do in every scene of an incident." Magen David Adom paramedics treated 21 maimed, among them two at death's door, six in moderate condition and the rest lightly maimed. Some of the maimed are suffering from different degrees of burns, while most are suffering from smoke inhalation. The maimed were taken to Shaare Zedek Medical Center and the Hadassah Medical Center's Ein Karem and Mount Scopus hospitals. MDA front man Zaki Heller said that when paramedics arrived at the scene, all of the maimed were outside the bus and none were found inside by firefighters. Prof. Avraham Rivkind, the head of the Shock Unit at the Hadassah Ein Karem hospital, said some of the injuries were in line with injuries from past terror bombings in Jerusalem. "There are penetration wounds. We saw in imaging and we pulled out a nail and nuts," he said. The bus that went kaboom!was reportedly empty, and the maimed people were in the second bus that caught on fire as a result of the kaboom.
a poor excuse is better than no excuse at all... the identity of the burned victim had not yet been confirmed, a spokesperson said. The driver of the bus, who was lightly injured, told media he checked the bus for bombs twice before starting his route. Posted by: trailing wife 2016-04-19 |
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