King George Street bombing

Coordinates: 31°46′55″N 35°13′01″E / 31.78194°N 35.21694°E / 31.78194; 35.21694
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King George Street bombing
Part of the
al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades
claimed responsibility

A

suicide bombing occurred on March 21, 2002, outside a clothing store and toy shop on King George Street in Jerusalem
. Three Israeli civilians were killed in the attack and 86 people were injured (several seriously).

The attack

On Thursday afternoon, 21 March 2002, a Palestinian suicide bomber detonated the explosive device, hidden underneath his jacket, in the middle of Jerusalem's shopping district in the King George Street in downtown Jerusalem amongst a crowd of shoppers.

The blast killed three civilians and more than 40 people were wounded, seven of them seriously.

The perpetrators

After the attack the Palestinian

al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the bombing and stated that the perpetrator was Mohammad Hashaika, a 22-year-old from the West Bank village of Talluza near Nablus. Hashaika was a member of the Tanzim
and a former Palestinian policeman. Later on, it was revealed that Hashaika was actually arrested for allegedly planning to carry out an earlier attack. Nevertheless, the Palestinian authority released him a week before he managed to carry out this suicide bombing.

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