Kiryat Menachem bus bombing

Name: Kiryat Menachem bus bombing
Start: 2002

2002 CE.

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A Palestinian suicide bombing occurred on November 21, 2002 in a public bus in the neighborhood of Kiryat Menachem in Jerusalem. 11 people were murdered in the attack and over 50 were injured. The Palestinian Islamist militant organization Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.

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