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Karkur junction suicide bombing

Palestinian terror attack on Israelis

Field	Value
title	Karkur junction bus bombing
partof	the Second Intifada militancy campaign
map
map_caption	The attack site
mapframe	yes
location	Karkur junction, Wadi Ara, Israel
date
type	Suicide bomber
fatalities
injuries	50+
perpetrator	Islamic Jihad

The Karkur junction bus bombing was a suicide attack on October 21, 2002, at the Karkur junction near Wadi Ara, Israel. The attack, carried out by Islamic Jihad, killed 14 passengers and wounded 50.

The attack

Egged commuter bus 841 was on Route No. 65 from Kiryat Shmona to Tel Aviv when it stopped at the Karkur junction, about 8 km from Hadera at the afternoon rush hour. A passenger got on and spoke to driver Chaim Avraham, but before he could answer, a jeep loaded with an estimated 100 kg of TNT rammed the back of the bus, causing an explosion. A fire broke out, causing a chain of explosions from the ammunition carried by soldiers who were riding the bus. The explosion ignited the fuel tank, leaving the bus completely gutted. The blaze initially prevented the police and rescue workers from approaching the bus, which was reduced to a blackened skeleton.

Seven Israeli soldiers and seven civilians were killed in the attack, and 50 passengers were wounded.

Official reactions

The Palestinian Authority said it condemned the suicide bombing. An Israeli official expressed skepticism, declaring that "The Palestinian Authority has become a prime authority on terror and could not care less about preventing it."

References

(2002-10-22). "Suicide bombing in Israel kills at least 14, wounds 40". [[Daily Emerald]].
"bombing of Egged bus no. 841 at Karkur junction".
(2002-10-21). "Karkur junction". [[Israeli Prime Minister's Office]].
(2002-10-21). "Militants bomb Israeli bus". [[BBC News]].

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