Tel Aviv Central Bus Station massacre
Tel Aviv central bus station massacre | |
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Part of the Second Intifada terrorism campaign | |
The attack site The attack site | |
Location | Tel Aviv, Israel |
Coordinates | 32°3′34″N 34°46′42″E / 32.05944°N 34.77833°E |
Date | January 5, 2003 |
Attack type | suicide bombing |
Deaths | 23 Israeli civilians (+ 2 suicide bombers) |
Non-fatal injuries | 100+ Israeli civilians |
Perpetrators | Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack. |
The Tel Aviv central bus station massacre was an attack which occurred on January 5, 2003 in which two Palestinian suicide bombers blew themselves up outside the Tel Aviv Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel, killing 23 civilians and injuring over 100.
After the attack, the Palestinian militant organization Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
The attack
On Sunday, January 5, 2003, two Palestinian suicide bombers blew themselves up within 500 meters from each other, only 30 seconds apart, in a crowded area in Tel Aviv outside the Tel Aviv Central Bus Station. 23 civilians were killed in the attack and more than a 100 were injured.
Fatalities
- Staff Sgt. Mazal Orkobi, 20, of Azor[1]
- Mordechai Evioni, 52, of Holon[2]
- Moshe (Maurice) Aharfi, 60, of Tel Aviv[3]
- Igor Zobokov, 32, of Bat Yam[4]
- Lilya Zibstein, 33, of Haifa[5]
- Amiram Zmora, 55, of Holon[6]
- Meir Haim, 74, of Azor[7]
- Hannah Haimov, 53, of Tel Aviv[8]
- Boris Tepalshvili, 51, of Yehud[9]
- Sapira Shoshana Yulzari-Yaffe, 46, of Bat Yam[10]
- Ramin Nasibov, 25, of Tel Aviv[11]
- Ilanit Peled, 32, of Azor[12]
- Andrei Friedman, 30, of Tel Aviv[13]
- Avi Kotzer, 43, of Bat Yam[14]
- Viktor Shebayev, 62, of Holon[15]
- Ion (Nelu) Nicolae, 34, of Romania[16]
- Mihai Sabau, 38, of Romania[17]
- Li Peizhong, 41, of China[18]
- Steven Arthur Cromwell, 43, of Ghana[19]
- Krassimir Mitkov Angelov, 32, of Bulgaria[20]
- Ivan Gaptoniak, 46, of Ukraine[21]
- Guo Aiping, 47, of China[22]
- Zhang Minmin, 50, of China – died of her injuries on January 13, 2003.[23]
The perpetrators
After the attack the Al-Jazeera network stated that the Palestinian militant organization Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack and said that the perpetrators were Boraq Abdel Rahman Halfa and Saber al-Nour from the city of Nablus in the West Bank.
References
- ↑ Staff Sgt. Mazal Orkobi
- ↑ Mordechai Evioni
- ↑ Moshe -Maurice- Aharfi
- ↑ Igor Zobokov
- ↑ Lilya Zibstein
- ↑ Amiram Zmora
- ↑ Meir Haim
- ↑ Hannah Haimov
- ↑ Boris Tepalshvili
- ↑ Sapira Shoshana Yulzari-Yaffe
- ↑ Ramin Nasibov
- ↑ Ilanit Peled
- ↑ Andrei Friedman
- ↑ Avi Kotzer
- ↑ Viktor Shebayev
- ↑ Ion Nicolae
- ↑ Mihai Sabau
- ↑ Li Peizhong
- ↑ Steven Arthur Cromwell
- ↑ Krassimir Mitkov Angelov
- ↑ Ivan Gaptoniak
- ↑ Guo Aiping
- ↑ Zhang Minmin
External links
- Suicide bombing near old central bus station in Tel Aviv - published at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Suicide bombers kill 23, wound 100 in Tel Aviv - published in Chicago Tribune on January 6, 2003
- 2 bombers kill 23 in Tel Aviv suicide attacks - published in the Washington Times on January 6, 2003
- Suicide bombings kill 23 in Tel Aviv - published on CNN on 6 January 2003
- Carnage on Tel Aviv streets - published on BBC News on 5 January 2003