Jerusalem
bombings:
Teenager killed, 19 others injured
Two explosions at busy Jerusalem bus stops • Nails discovered in bombs
that were detonated remotely • Police on high alert across the country
By ANNA AHRONHEIM, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Published:
NOVEMBER
23, 2022
At least one person was killed
and 19 wounded in two explosions in bus stops at separate entrances to
Jerusalem on Wednesday morning, in what police are treating as a coordinated
double terror attack.
The fatality was identified as
16-year-old Aryeh Shechopek, who was on his way to a yeshiva in a nearby
community when the explosion occurred.
Both
explosions, one at the entrance to the city near the Central Bus Station
The first explosion, which
happened shortly after 7 a.m. in Givat Shaul, injured 15 people, including two
critically and another four seriously.
Magen
David Adom said that 12 people were transported to hospitals across the city
for medical treatment.
The bombs were detonated remotely and were reportedly
packed with nails and bolts to maximum casualties.
The
second explosion near the Ramot Intersection in northern Jerusalem took place
several moments after the initial explosion. Three people were lightly injured
in that attack.
It
is suspected that this is a combined terror attack,” the police said in a
statement.
Police
Commissioner Kobi Shabtai
said that every bus in Jerusalem will be searched by police officers and all of
the bomb-sniffing dogs in Israel will be activated to search for explosive
devices. He added that police are investigating whether or not there was more
than one terrorist involved in either attack.
"The
goal is to prevent the next explosion," he said.
Though
no group has taken responsibility for the attack, Hamas praised it with its
spokesperson
Netanyahu visited several of the
wounded people in Shaare Zedek Medical Center on Wednesday afternoon.
Prijevod
Bombaški napadi u Jeruzalemu: Tinejdžer ubijen, 19 ranjeno
Dvije eksplozije na prometnim autobusnim stanicama u Jeruzalemu • Otkriveni čavli u bombama koje su detonirane daljinski • Policija u cijeloj zemlji na visokom stupnju pripravnosti
Autor: ANNA AHRONHEIM, OSOBLJE JERUSALEM POST-a
Objavljeno: 23. STUDENOGA 2022.
Najmanje jedna osoba je ubijena, a 19 ranjeno u dvije eksplozije na autobusnim stanicama na odvojenim ulazima u Jeruzalem u srijedu ujutro, što policija tretira kao koordinirani dvostruki teroristički napad.
Poginuo je 16-godišnji Aryeh Shechopek, koji je bio na putu za ješivu u obližnjoj zajednici kada je došlo do eksplozije.
U prvoj eksploziji, koja se dogodila nešto poslije 7 sati ujutro u Givat Shaulu, ozlijeđeno je 15 osoba, među kojima dvije kritično, a još četiri teško.
Magen David Adom rekao je da je 12 ljudi prevezeno u bolnice diljem grada na liječenje.
Bombe su detonirane daljinski i bile su pune čavlima i vijcima kako bi bile najveće žrtve.
Druga eksplozija u blizini križanja Ramot u sjevernom Jeruzalemu dogodila se nekoliko trenutaka nakon prve eksplozije. U tom su napadu tri osobe lakše ozlijeđene.
Sumnja se da se radi o kombiniranom terorističkom napadu”, stoji u priopćenju policije.
Policijski komesar Kobi Shabtai
je rekao da će svaki autobus u Jeruzalemu pretražiti policija i da će svi psi dresirani da njuše bombe biti aktivirani u potrazi za eksplozivnim napravama.
"Cilj je spriječiti sljedeću eksploziju", rekao je. "To znači izvlačenje svih snaga, ne samo ovdje, nego i na druga područja.
.
Iako nijedna grupa nije preuzela odgovornost za napad, Hamas ga je pohvalio sa svojim glasnogovornikom
Netanyahu je u srijedu poslijepodne posjetio nekoliko ranjenih ljudi u medicinskom centru Shaare Zedek.
Obraćajući se novinarima na kraju svog posjeta rekao je: "Mislim da govorim u ime većine naroda Izraela, koji se svi mole za potpuni oporavak ranjenih. Mi smo u borbi protiv nemilosrdnog terora, koji je na ponovnom usponu i učinit ćemo sve što možemo kako bismo svim Izraelcima vratili puni osjećaj sigurnosti."