What the records say
- When
- 5 Jun 2002
- Kind
- Terrorist attack
- Coordinates
- 32.57° N, 35.19° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Megiddo Junction bus bombing.
Summary
17 Israelis, fourteen soldiers and three civilians, are killed in a car bomb attack on an Egged bus No. 830 en route from Tel Aviv to Tiberias at the Megiddo junction near Afula of the gasoline tank side of the bus causing incineration. Most of the casualties are IDF soldiers who are on their way to their bases. PIJ claims responsibility for the attack.
The source
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