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On 22 December 2013, at approximately 2:30 pm, a pressure cooker bomb exploded on a public bus in the Tel Aviv suburb of Bat Yam, Israel. All casualties were averted because a few minutes earlier, a passenger on the bus had examined the contents of an unattended bag, and saw what looked like a bomb inside, which led all passengers and the driver to exit the vehicle. The bombing shattered or blew out all windows on the bus, and significantly damaged the interior. On 2 January 2014, the Shin Bet announced it had arrested four Palestinian Islamic Jihad operatives for the bombing, including one individual who was a Palestinian Authority police officer. The Islamic Jihad cell had reportedly been planning a larger bombing in Tel Aviv as well. It was the first terrorist bombing in Israel since a November 21, 2012 bus bombing in Tel Aviv. ==Bombing== In the early afternoon of 22 December 2013, a young boy on public bus Dan No. 240 in Bat Yam remarked aloud that there was an unattended bag sitting near him. Passenger David Papo, who overheard the boy, alerted bus driver Michael Yoger, who asked the passengers whose bag it was, but received no affirmative answer. Papo then opened the large, black bag and found "what he said looked like a pressure cooker with a red wire coming out of it." He told people to get off the bus, and when the driver stopped the vehicle at the corner of Mivtza Sinai st. and Katznelson st. in Bat Yam, all the passengers and the driver exited. The Israeli police received a call at 2:20pm about a bomb on a bus in Bat Yam.〔 The device then detonated, three minutes after the last passengers had been evacuated. All the windows on the bus "were either blown out or shattered" by the explosion and "seats were mangled."〔 It was the first terrorist bombing in Israel since a November 21, 2012 bus bombing in Tel Aviv.〔 According to Israel's internal security service Shin Bet, the bomb "consisted of two kilograms of improvised explosives surrounded by nails and screws and stuffed into a pressure cooker."〔 ''The Jerusalem Post'' commented, "Like in many past bombings in Israel, tragedy was prevented by the actions of everyday citizens, who helped clear other passengers away from the blast."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2013 Bat Yam bus bombing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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