Wednesday, May 08, 2002 Iyyar 26, 5762 Israel Time: 14:07 (GMT+3)




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Suicide bombing at Megiddo junction in north

By Jalal Bana, Ha'aretz Correspondent, Ha'aretz Service and agencies




A suicide bomber blew himself up Wednesday at Megiddo junction, a few miles from the northern West Bank Palestinian flashpoint of Jenin, police said.

Police initially said the bomber was killed in the explosion, which may have gone off prematurely. Later police said that the attacker was alive and wounded, and had fought against a sapper robot that dragged him from the roadside into the center of the highway.

His wounds were discibed as light to moderate. A bystander suffered from emotional shock, rescue workers said.

A group of soldiers was standing at a nearby bus stop at the time of the explosion, and might have been the intended target, Army Radio said.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, the second suicide bombing in a 12-hour period. Late Tuesday a Hamas suicide bomber in Rishon Letzion set off a blast that ripped through a billiard parlor, killing the attacker and 15 people.


(Interesting Note: the word 'armageddon' comes from the place that this happened, Har Meggido. Not trying to say anything by that, just interesting)