Yagur Junction bombing

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Location32°45′12″N 35°04′16″E / 32.75333°N 35.07111°E / 32.75333; 35.07111
Yagur Junction, Israel
DateApril 10, 2002; 24 years ago (2002-04-10)
7:15 AM (UTC+2)
Attack type
Suicide bombing
Yagur Junction bombing
Part of the Second Intifada militancy campaign
Yagur Junction bombing is located in Haifa region of Israel
Yagur Junction bombing
The attack site
Location32°45′12″N 35°04′16″E / 32.75333°N 35.07111°E / 32.75333; 35.07111
Yagur Junction, Israel
DateApril 10, 2002; 24 years ago (2002-04-10)
7:15 AM (UTC+2)
Attack type
Suicide bombing
WeaponSuicide vest
Deaths6 Israeli soldiers and 2 civilians (+1 bomber)
Injured19
PerpetratorsHamas

The Yagur Junction bombing was a Palestinian suicide bombing which occurred on April 10, 2002, on an Egged commuter bus line number 960 which was passing through Yagur Junction in northern Israel. 8 people were killed in the attack and 19 people were injured. The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas took responsibility for the bombing.

At 7:30am, a suicide bomber blew himself up on Egged commuter bus line number 960 as it was passing through Yagur Junction in northern Israel, east of Haifa. Eight people were killed and 14 were injured in the bombing. A number of motorists were injured when their cars were hurled from the highway as a result of the blast.[1][2]

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