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Explosion Jolts Tel Aviv
TEL AVIV, Israel - An explosion rocked Tel Aviv on Tuesday night, raising fears that Palestinian militants had carried out a second attack in less than a week. But authorities determined the blast was a criminal act. Israeli rescue workers said one person was seriously wounded in the blast, which occurred near an ice cream shop. No further details were immediately available.With one million immigrants from the former Soviet Union, Israel is considered a major outpost of Russian organized crime. A string of gangland bombings and shootings, some of which killed or maimed bystanders, have put increased pressure on police already strained by fighting with the Palestinians. In the bloodiest criminal attack, a December 2003 bomb aimed at an alleged crime boss missed the target but killed three passers-by and wounded 18 in Tel Aviv. Posted by: Steve White 2005-03-02 |
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