Police: Palestinian terrorists responsible for bus bomb
JERUSALEM — A bomb police say was planted by Palestinian terrorists exploded on a public bus shortly after it was evacuated Sunday, resulting in no serious injuries.
"Based on the findings at the scene by bomb disposal experts, it was a terrorist attack," police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told the Associated Press. "We're continuing to search the area for suspects."
A passenger on the No. 240 bus in Bat Yam, a town south of Tel Aviv, spotted a suspicious-looking backpack and alerted the driver. Detecting wires inside the bag, the driver evacuated the passengers and called the bomb squad.
Within minutes of the evacuation, a member of the bomb squad was slightly injured when the bomb he was attempting to defuse exploded, according to Israeli media reports. The blast blew out or shattered all of the bus' windows but caused no other injuries.
Rosenfeld told the AP the nature of the target and the nature of the device led authorities to determine that militants, not criminals, were behind the bombing. He declined to elaborate, and there was no immediate claim of responsibility.
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