Haifa bus 16 suicide bombing

Haifa bus 16 suicide bombing
Part of the Second Intifada militancy campaign
The attack site
Location	Israel
Date	2 December 2001
Attack type	suicide bombing
Deaths	15 Israeli civilians (+ 1 bomber)
Non-fatal injuries	40 Israeli civilians
Perpetrators	Hamas claimed responsibility

The Haifa bus 16 suicide bombing was a suicide bombing which occurred on 2 December 2001 on an Egged bus in Haifa. 15 people were killed in the attack and 40 people were injured.

The Palestinian Islamist militant organization Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.

The attack

During the afternoon of Sunday, 2 December 2001, the perpetrator calmly boarded Haifa bus No. 16, which was en route from Neve Sha'anan to the Giborim bridge. The perpetrator paid the bus fare and a few seconds later detonated the explosive device concealed underneath his clothes. The attack, which occurred in a busy intersection in the Tel Amal neighbourhood in Haifa killed 15 people and injured 40 more, 17 of them critically.

Fatalities

Rasem Safulin, 78, of Haifa[1] Leah Strick, 73, of Haifa[1] Cicilia Kozamin, 76, of Haifa[1] Faina Zabiogailu, 64, of Haifa[1] Mara Fishman, 53, of Haifa[1] Ronen Kahalon, 30, of Haifa[1] Riki Hadad, 30, of Yokneam[1] Samion Kalik, 64, of Haifa[1]

Mikha'el Zaraisky, 71, of Haifa[1] Yitzhak Ringle, 41, of Haifa[1] Ina Frenkel, 60, of Haifa[1] Tatiana Borovik, 23, of Haifa[1] Yelena Lumkin, 62, of Haifa[1] Mark Khotimliansky, 75, of Haifa[1] Rosaria Reyes, 42, of Batangas, Philippines[1]

The perpetrators

Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack. A leaflet published by the Hamas announced that the suicide bomber was Maher Habashi, a 21-year-old Palestinian plumber from Nablus.

References

1. http://old.btselem.org/statistics/english/casualties.asp?sD=29&sM=09&sY=2000&eD=26&eM=12&eY=2008&filterby=event&oferet_stat=before Archived 30 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• 15 SLAUGHTERED IN 3RD SUICIDE ATTACK Israel left reeling by bus bombing - 3 December 2001. Daily News