- Patt junction bus bombing
Infobox terrorist attack
title=Patt junction massacre
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location=Jerusalem
target=Eggedbus
date=June 18 2002
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type=suicide bomber
fatalities=19
injuries=74+
perps=Hamas The Patt junction bus bombing was a
suicide bombing on an Eggedbus carried out byHamas inJerusalem onJune 18 ,2002 , killing 19 people and wounding over 74.The attack
At 7:50 AM the
Palestinian suicide bomber fromBethlehem got onto the Egged line 32Abus , which came from theGilo neighborhood and stopped inBeit Safafa , a neighborhood of Jerusalem which is populated mostly by Arabs. The bomber went into the bus and exploded himself in the front. Hisexplosive belt included metal balls forshrapnel in order to maximize casualties. [http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2002/6/Suicide%20bombing%20at%20Patt%20junction%20in%20Jerusalem%20-%2018 Pat junction terror attack - Israeli ministry of foreign affairs]Palestinian Islamist groupHamas claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack. Thesuicide bomber was identified as Muhamed al-Ral, anIslamic law student atAn-Najah National University inNablus , a known Hamas stronghold.Convictions
Two young residents of the
East Jerusalem suburb ofJabel Mukaber , were convicted for the transportation of a suicide bomber.Victims
# Boaz Aluf, 54, of Jerusalem
# Shani Avi-Zedek, 15, of Jerusalem
# Leah Baruch, 59, of Jerusalem
# Mendel Bereson, 72, of Jerusalem
# Raphael Berger, 28, of Jerusalem
# Michal Biazi, 24, of Jerusalem
# Tatiana Braslavsky, 41, of Jerusalem
# Galila Bugala, 11, of Jerusalem
# Raisa Dikstein, 67, of Jerusalem
# Dr. Moshe Gottlieb, 70, of Jerusalem
# Baruch Gruani, 60, of Jerusalem
# Orit Hayla, 21, of Jerusalem
# Helena Ivan, 63, of Jerusalem
# Iman Kabha, 26, ofBarta'a
# Shiri Negari, 21, of Jerusalem
# Gila Nakav, 55, of Jerusalem
# Yelena Plagov, 42, of Jerusalem
# Liat Yagen, 24 of Jerusalem
# Rahamim Zidkiyahu, 51, of Jerusalemee also
*
Jerusalem bus 2 massacre (19 August 2003 )
*Jerusalem bus 20 massacre (November 21 ,2002 )References
External links
*
Jerusalem bus 2 massacre
*List of massacres committed during the Al-Aqsa Intifada
* [http://shiri.us Shiri Negari's memorial web site] , 22 year old Shiri was one of the bombing victims
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