Israel: Bus explodes, at least 20 casualties.
(Baonghean.vn) - Israeli media reported on April 18th that an explosion on a bus in Jerusalem resulted in approximately 20 casualties.
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| The scene of the burned passenger bus in Jerusalem on April 18th, local time. Photo: Getty Images. |
Israeli police said the explosion may have been caused by a military attack.
Television footage of the explosion showed billowing smoke from an empty bus, which then spread to another bus carrying passengers on Derech Hebron Road, in southwest Jerusalem, near Israel's western border.
The exact number of casualties following the explosion is currently unknown. The Israeli ambulance service, Magen David Adom, reported that 10 injured people have been taken to hospital, and others remain in the area of the explosion.
Suicide bombing attacks targeting buses in Israel were primarily carried out by Palestinian insurgents between 2000 and 2005. Since then, similar incidents have been very rare.
Thanh Hien
(According to Reuters)
