Tel Aviv Central bus station massacre

Tel Aviv central bus station massacre
Part of the Second Intifada terrorism campaign
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Location	Tel Aviv, Israel
Coordinates	32°3′34″N 34°46′42″E / 32.05944°N 34.77833°E / 32.05944; 34.77833
Date	January 5, 2003
Attack type	suicide bombing
Deaths	23 (15 Israeli civilians and 8 foreigners) (+ 2 suicide bombers)
Injured	100+ civilians
Perpetrators	Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.

The Tel Aviv central bus station massacre was an attack which occurred on January 5, 2003 in which two Palestinian suicide bombers blew themselves up outside the Tel Aviv Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel, killing 23 civilians and injuring over 100.

After the attack, the Palestinian militant organization Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.

The attack

On Sunday, January 5, 2003, two Palestinian suicide bombers blew themselves up within 500 meters from each other, only 30 seconds apart, in a crowded area in Tel Aviv outside the Tel Aviv Central Bus Station. 23 civilians were killed in the attack and more than a 100 were injured.

The perpetrators

After the attack the Al-Jazeera network stated that the Palestinian militant organization Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack and said that the perpetrators were Boraq Abdel Rahman Halfa and Saber al-Nour from the city of Nablus in the West Bank.

References

External links

• Suicide bombers kill 23, wound 100 in Tel Aviv - published in Chicago Tribune on January 6, 2003
• 2 bombers kill 23 in Tel Aviv suicide attacks - published in the Washington Times on January 6, 2003
• Suicide bombings kill 23 in Tel Aviv - published on CNN on 6 January 2003
• Carnage on Tel Aviv streets - published on BBC News on 5 January 2003