World News 03-11-2000 Two Die In Jerusalem Bomb Blast who: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak what: Says he will not give in to terrorism as two die in bomb blast where: JERUSALEM when: Yesterday snippet: "A powerful car bomb killed two people in a Jewish market in Jerusalem," reports The Guardian, "delivering a resounding No from Islamist militants to yesterday`s ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians." Ten people were slightly injured by the bomb, planted in a white van at the Mahane Yehuda market. It was the first bomb attack in Jerusalem for two years. "It was a vision of hell. I saw blood everywhere, smoke and fire," says 15 year-old witness Menachem Zalman. "Oooh, there was a lot of smoke." "Angry crowds gathered quickly and set upon an Arab market worker, trying to lynch him," reports Sam Kiley in The Times. "He was saved by police who bundled him into a van and took him away for his own safety." "Israel will continue to fight terrorism with full force," said Israeli prime minister Ehid Barak yesterday. "Abhorrent attacks will not break Israel`s spirit, stamina, and determination to live in security and peace." [... more]

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