Solved case · 2002
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A suicide bombing at a bus stop near Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda Market on 12 April 2002 killed six civilians and injured 104 people, in an attack claimed by the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades.
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Suggest coverage for 2002 Mahane Yehuda Market bombingOn Friday, 12 April 2002, shortly after 4:00 pm, a suicide bombing occurred at a bus stop at the entrance to the Mahane Yehuda Market, Jerusalem's main fruit and vegetable market. Six civilians were killed and 104 people were injured, many of them teenagers and tourists. The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
The site was chosen to cause the maximum number of casualties. The bomber, identified as Andalib Suleiman, a 17-year-old Palestinian female, first attempted to enter the market itself but found security too tight to proceed. She then moved to Jaffa Road and attempted to board a bus. When she was prevented from boarding, she detonated the explosive device, which had been packed with nails to inflict maximum harm on those nearby. The bus was reported to have been torn apart by the force of the blast.
Suleiman was initially misidentified in the aftermath as a different individual, Nidal Daraghmeh from Jenin, before the correct identification was established.
A Palestinian man from Hebron, Muataz Muhammed Abdallah Himouni, aged 21, was arrested on 6 May 2002. The bombing had a diplomatic impact at the time: a scheduled meeting between then–U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat was cancelled as a result of the attack.
A suicide bombing occurs at a bus stop at the entrance to the Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem, killing six civilians and injuring 104 people.
Muataz Muhammed Abdallah Himouni, 21, of Hebron, is arrested and claims credit for planning the attack, supplying explosives, and directing the bomber.
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Convicted by an Israeli court of planning the 12 April 2002 Mahane Yehuda market bombing, supplying the bomber with explosives, and directing her to the attack; sentenced to multiple (at least six) life terms.[3]
Identified as the 17-year-old suicide bomber who detonated an explosive device at a bus stop outside the Mahane Yehuda market on 12 April 2002, killing six people; died in the attack, so was never prosecuted.[3]
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