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| Suicide bomber blasts settlement |
| 2002-10-27 |
| A Palestinian suicide bomber killed himself and at least two Israelis at a Jewish settlement in the West Bank. Police said three people were killed in the blast at a filling station at the entrance of Ariel settlement, although it was not immediately clear if one of the bodies was the suicide bomber or a victim. Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades took credit for Sunday's attack. A resident, Ariel Humna, 18, said the Palestinian had walked into the settlement by a side entrance near the main gate and been spotted by a soldier, who tackled the man. When he realised the Palestinian had a bomb, the soldier shouted to colleagues eating at a diner next to the garage, one of whom shot at the bomber. However, the kamikaze managed to detonate his charge, killing the soldier who tackled him and at least one other person as well as himself. FoxNews reported he shot the bastard in the head. Somehow he still exploded... "On the grass I saw two people, one of them a soldier in flames," said Humna. "On the pavement I saw a dead person. There was another person missing an arm and a leg, who appeared to be still alive," he told AFP. Around 20 ambulances rushed to the scene and the area was sealed off by the army. Some 20 poeple were injured in the explosion. Here's the account from the FoxNews website, which is different from what the talking heads said: Israeli soldiers and civilians were at the station outside the heavily guarded Ariel settlement when a woman started shouting, "Suicide terrorist, suicide terrorist," said Yitzhak Zahavi, a reserve soldier who was slightly wounded. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |