Jerusalem bus blast amid tight Passover security
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ISRAELI authorities yesterday were investigating a Jerusalem bus bombing that wounded 21 people and raised fears of a sharp escalation in violence, while police planned tightened security for the Jewish Passover holiday.
The bomb tore through a bus in a relatively isolated area of southern Jerusalem on Monday night, with the fire spreading to a second bus.
In total at least 21 people were wounded, police said, with Israeli media reporting a 15-year-old girl in serious condition.
Israeli domestic security agency Shin Bet referred to the explosion as a “terror attack.”
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld confirmed officers were seeking to question the wounded and did not rule out the possibility of potential suspects among them. “The investigation is looking to see how the explosive device was placed on the bus,” he said.
Police imposed a gag order on further details of the investigation and any suspects.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to “find whoever prepared this explosive device.”
The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, which rules the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip, welcomed the attack but there was no claim of responsibility.
The explosion comes with tensions high following a wave of violence that has killed 201 Palestinians and 28 Israelis since last October.
Most of the Palestinians killed were carrying out knife, gun or car-ramming attacks, according to Israeli authorities. But the level of violence had decreased in the weeks before the bombing.
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