World News 13-08-2001 Israel: Second Suicide Bomb In Three Days who: Islamic Jihad what: Claims responsibility for second suicide bombing in three days where: Israel when: Yesterday snippet: "A Palestinian suicide bomber brought the intifada to Israel`s heartland yesterday," reports The Guardian`s Brian Whitaker, "blowing himself up in a cafe near Haifa and wounding 15 people, one of them seriously." "The glass front of the restaurant was ripped off," reports The Mirror. "The explosion shredded an awning, overturned tables and chairs and left the patio of the Wall Street Cafe covered with blood." "The militant Palestinian group, Islamic Jihad, said it carried out Sunday`s blast," reports the BBC, "but a spokesman for the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, said the Palestinian Authority had not done enough to rein in the terrorists." Mr Sharon "is encouraging Israelis to believe they are now engaged in a full-scale war with Palestinians," reports The Independent. It was the second suicide bombing by Islamic extremists in Israel in three days. A similar bomb in a family pizza restaurant in Jerusalem on Thursday killed 15 people and injured many more. [... more]

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