| King George Street bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Second Intifada militancy campaign | |
  class=notpageimage| The attack site | |
| Location | King George Street, Jerusalem |
| Coordinates | 31°46′55″N 35°13′01″E / 31.78194°N 35.21694°E / 31.78194; 35.21694 |
| Date | March 21, 2002; 22 years ago (2002-03-21) 4:25 pm (UTC+2) |
| Attack type | Suicide bombing |
| Weapon | Suicide vest |
| Deaths | 3 civilians (+1 suicide bomber) |
| Injured | 40 civilians (several seriously) |
| Perpetrators | 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 militia 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.
References
External links
- Bomb rips through Jerusalem shopping centre - published on The Guardian on 21 March 2002
- Jerusalem Blast Kills 3, Hurts 100 - published on The Daily News of New York City on 22 March 2002
- 2002 murders in Asia
- Suicide bombings in 2002
- Suicide bombing in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Terrorist incidents in Asia in 2002
- Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades attacks
- 2002 in Jerusalem
- March 2002 in Asia
- Terrorist incidents in Jerusalem in the 2000s
- Israeli casualties in the Second Intifada
- Mass murder in 2002
- 21st-century mass murder in Jerusalem
- Suicide bombings in Jerusalem