Karnei Shomron Mall suicide bombing
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The Karnei Shomron Mall suicide bombing was a suicide bombing which occurred on February 16, 2002 at Karnei Shomron
. Two teenagers were killed in the attack.
The Palestinian Islamist militant organization Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
claimed responsibility for the attack.
settlement located in the West Bank.
The terrorist immediately blew himself up at the entrance to a pizza parlor at about 7:45 p.m. The blast killed two teenagers (a 15-year-old girl and a 15-year-old boy) and injured 27 people, six of them seriously. A third teenager died of her wounds on February 27.
claimed responsibility for the attack and stated hat the bomber was Sadek Abdel Hafeth, an 18-year-old Palestinian teenager from the nearby town of Qalqilya.
Karnei Shomron
Karnei Shomron is an Israeli settlement and local council established in 1977 in the northwestern West Bank, east of Kfar Sava. It is north-east of Tel Aviv and north of Jerusalem. In 2006, the population of Karnei Shomron was 6,300...
. Two teenagers were killed in the attack.
The Palestinian Islamist militant organization Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine is a Palestinian Marxist-Leninist organisation founded in 1967. It has consistently been the second-largest of the groups forming the Palestine Liberation Organization , the largest being Fatah...
claimed responsibility for the attack.
The attack
On Saturday night, 16 February 2002, a Palestinian suicide bomber, whom was wearing a 25-pound nail-studded explosive device strapped to his body, approached the popular crowded open mall in the Karnei ShomronKarnei Shomron
Karnei Shomron is an Israeli settlement and local council established in 1977 in the northwestern West Bank, east of Kfar Sava. It is north-east of Tel Aviv and north of Jerusalem. In 2006, the population of Karnei Shomron was 6,300...
settlement located in the West Bank.
The terrorist immediately blew himself up at the entrance to a pizza parlor at about 7:45 p.m. The blast killed two teenagers (a 15-year-old girl and a 15-year-old boy) and injured 27 people, six of them seriously. A third teenager died of her wounds on February 27.
Fatalities
- Rachel Thaler, 16, of Ginot Hashomron
- Keren Shatsky, 15, of Ginot Hashomron
- Nehemia 'Amar, 15, of Karnei ShomronKarnei ShomronKarnei Shomron is an Israeli settlement and local council established in 1977 in the northwestern West Bank, east of Kfar Sava. It is north-east of Tel Aviv and north of Jerusalem. In 2006, the population of Karnei Shomron was 6,300...
The perpetrators
Officials from the Palestinian Islamist militant organization Popular Front for the Liberation of PalestinePopular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine is a Palestinian Marxist-Leninist organisation founded in 1967. It has consistently been the second-largest of the groups forming the Palestine Liberation Organization , the largest being Fatah...
claimed responsibility for the attack and stated hat the bomber was Sadek Abdel Hafeth, an 18-year-old Palestinian teenager from the nearby town of Qalqilya.
External links
- West Bank Suicide Bombing Kills 2 Israelis and Hurts 30 - published in the New York Times on February 17, 2002
- Israel hits back in West Bank - published in the BBC NewsBBC NewsBBC News is the department of the British Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online...
on February 17, 2002