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Bomb Blast Rocks Central Jerusalem

   Luis Ramirez | Jerusalem  March 23, 2011
   Israeli  rescue  workers and paramedics treat an injured man following
   an  explosion near a bus stop in Jerusalem, Wednesday, March 23, 2011.
   A  bomb planted at a telephone booth exploded at a crowded bus stop in
   central Jerusalem, wounding at least 25 people

Photo: AP

   Israeli  rescue  workers and paramedics treat an injured man following
   an explosion near a bus stop in Jerusalem, March 23, 2011.

   Israeli  officials  say  a  bomb  blast  near  Jerusalem's central bus
   station  has  killed  one  person  and  injured  about 30 others, some
   critically. Â
   The  blast  happened  at a bus stop at the start of the busy afternoon
   commute  at  the  entrance  to the city. Several people were rushed to
   hospitals with shrapnel and other wounds.
   Israeli  police  cordoned  off  the  area  where  a bus stood with its
   windows shattered.
   Jerusalem  District  Police  Commander  Aharon  Franco said police are
   trying to find out how it happened, and who did it.
   He  says  security  forces  are combing the area and its surroundings,
   looking for suspects.
   The  explosion  is  the  first  in  Jerusalem  since  2004  during the
   Palestinian uprising known as the Second Intifada. Â
   No  one  has  claimed  responsibility.   The  attack came as violence
   escalates along Israel's border with the Gaza Strip.
   Palestinian  militants  on  Wednesday  fired  a  barrage of rockets at
   communities in southern Israel.  Israel replied with airstrikes.Â
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