Al-Aqsa Brigades Claims Jerusalem Bombing

World | January 29, 2004, Thursday // 00:00

Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, an armed offshoot of Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat's Fatah movement, has claimed responsibility for Thursday's bus bombing in a phone call to AFP. The attack was carried out by Ali Munir Yusuf Jihara, a 24-year-old policeman from the Ayda refugee camp in the Bethlehem region, the group said. Ten people were killed as well as the bomber when an explosion ripped through a bus travelling close to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's official residence in central Jerusalem, during the morning rush hour on Thursday.

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