Two of the six victims of late Friday\'s human-bomb murderous attack in Jerusalem were buried last night, and two more funerals will take place today. Two of the dead were foreign workers from China, whose bodies will be flown to their homes.
Over 90 people were wounded when a 17-year-old Arab female detonated a powerful bomb at a bus stop next to Jerusalem\'s crowded Machane Yehudah market on Jaffa Road. The blast occurred as the market place (the famous \"shuk\") and nearby stores were closing before the onset of the Sabbath. She tried to enter the shuk itself, but the heavy police presence there made that impossible. She instead detonated the bomb across the street at the #6 bus stop just as a bus was taking on passengers, setting it on fire. The busdriver, though his hair was singed and he suffered other injuries, began immediately helping to move the passengers from the front of the bus to the back, suffering more wounds in the process.
Police report that the bomb contained between 7-10 kilograms of military-grade explosives.
Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert, who was at the site of the attack only minutes before, later said that he could understand the anger of the residents, and even some of their more extreme chants, \"because it literally could have been any of them who were killed and maimed.\" He also said that despite other cities\' decisions to cancel Independence Day festivities, \"Jerusalem is the country\'s capital, and the celebrations will be held as planned.\"
Twenty victims of the suicide attack remain in Jerusalem hospitals, including seven listed in serious condition. Two Chinese workers are unconscious.
Over 90 people were wounded when a 17-year-old Arab female detonated a powerful bomb at a bus stop next to Jerusalem\'s crowded Machane Yehudah market on Jaffa Road. The blast occurred as the market place (the famous \"shuk\") and nearby stores were closing before the onset of the Sabbath. She tried to enter the shuk itself, but the heavy police presence there made that impossible. She instead detonated the bomb across the street at the #6 bus stop just as a bus was taking on passengers, setting it on fire. The busdriver, though his hair was singed and he suffered other injuries, began immediately helping to move the passengers from the front of the bus to the back, suffering more wounds in the process.
Police report that the bomb contained between 7-10 kilograms of military-grade explosives.
Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert, who was at the site of the attack only minutes before, later said that he could understand the anger of the residents, and even some of their more extreme chants, \"because it literally could have been any of them who were killed and maimed.\" He also said that despite other cities\' decisions to cancel Independence Day festivities, \"Jerusalem is the country\'s capital, and the celebrations will be held as planned.\"
Twenty victims of the suicide attack remain in Jerusalem hospitals, including seven listed in serious condition. Two Chinese workers are unconscious.