Globes news reports: On Wednesday a pipe bomb exploded today near Bus 174 in Jerusalem. The attack took place at the entrance to the city, near Binyanei Ha'uma Conference Center. Emergency services rushed to the scene. One woman who was critically injured later died of her wounds. Three other injuries were termed serious, and there were dozens of other injured people.
Rescue workers: Pregnant women among Jerusalem blast victims from the Jewish Chronicle by Jennifer Lipman and Jessica Elgot March 23, '11
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| Rescue workers attend to victims of the blast. The terror act wounded more than 24 people and killed a lady tourist. |
Yonatan Yogadovsky, director of the Magen David Adom (MDA) international department , said ambulances were on the scene immediately to tend to the wounded, estimated to include more than 30 civilians.
Mr Yogadovsky, who was director of MDA’s Jerusalem operation during both intifadas, said: “The streets were packed with people during the evening commute, as workers left for home and children finished school.
“There were two pregnant women injured and taken to the hospital by MDA.”
He added: “The people who were badly injured were outside near the explosive device and some people inside the number 74 bus [which was stopped when the bomb exploded] were lightly and moderately injured.”
Motti Bukchin, a volunteer for clean-up organisation ZAKA, said: “When we arrived at the site of the attack, we saw two women lying in huge pools of blood on the pavement.”
Video from the scene in this report by InfoLive.TV in Israel:
The suitcase bomb blasted hundreds of ball-bearings into the crowd and bus, Israel Police Spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld told reporters on an Israel Project tele-conference.
