A Haifa cab driver picked up a young Arab yesterday afternoon and set out for the suburb of Kiryat Motzkin. The cabbie says that the Arab was clearly agitated and confused during the ride. He dropped him off at the Wall Street Cafe, drove away and heard the explosion a few seconds later. Twenty-one innocent people who were out for a drink or a bite to eat were injured in the blast; fifteen of them were hospitalized. No one was killed, except for the suicide terrorist.
A waitress in the cafe says that the Arab man walked in, lifted his shirt, exposed a belt of explosives and asked, \"Do you know what this is?\" He then shouted \"Allah Akbar\" [G-d is great], and set off the bomb. The waitress shouted, \"Terrorist, terrorist!\" seconds before the explosion, enabling some of the customers to flee for cover. Police say that there were fewer casualties yesterday because the weight of the charge was considerably less than the bombs used in the recent Jerusalem and Tel Aviv attacks.
Coordinator of Gov\'t Activities in Yesha Brig.-Gen. Amos Gilad told a foreign ministry meeting yesterday that Arafat\'s PLO is responsible for and supportive of the terrorist attacks being perpetrated by the Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist organizations.
Five victims of the Wall Street Cafe suicide bombing remain hospitalized in Haifa; all are listed in light condition.
Arab celebrations of yesterday\'s suicide bombing reached Lebanon, where local mosques in Ein Hilwa announced the attack, and Arab masses cheered in the streets.
A waitress in the cafe says that the Arab man walked in, lifted his shirt, exposed a belt of explosives and asked, \"Do you know what this is?\" He then shouted \"Allah Akbar\" [G-d is great], and set off the bomb. The waitress shouted, \"Terrorist, terrorist!\" seconds before the explosion, enabling some of the customers to flee for cover. Police say that there were fewer casualties yesterday because the weight of the charge was considerably less than the bombs used in the recent Jerusalem and Tel Aviv attacks.
Coordinator of Gov\'t Activities in Yesha Brig.-Gen. Amos Gilad told a foreign ministry meeting yesterday that Arafat\'s PLO is responsible for and supportive of the terrorist attacks being perpetrated by the Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist organizations.
Five victims of the Wall Street Cafe suicide bombing remain hospitalized in Haifa; all are listed in light condition.
Arab celebrations of yesterday\'s suicide bombing reached Lebanon, where local mosques in Ein Hilwa announced the attack, and Arab masses cheered in the streets.