ISRAEL - Blast rocks central Jerusalem

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A car bomb has exploded in the Talpiot area of central Jerusalem - a popular shopping district.

As ambulances rushed to the scene the Israeli police said there were no initial reports of serious injuries.

The explosion set several cars ablaze and threw some vehicles into the air. The device was packed with metal designed to create shrapnel, the police said.

It is the first such blast since Israel and the Palestinians agreed a ceasefire on 18 September.

Militant Palestinian have said they will not observe the ceasefire and violence continued at the weekend, with at least 12 Palestinians killed by Israeli troops.

Israeli officials said the car bomb blast marked a definite escalation of violence.

The Talpiot area could be expected to be busy with shoppers on the first day of a two-day Jewish holiday.

The explosion happened in a car park near a central intersection leading to the Talpiot industrial zone, close to the boundary with occupied east Jerusalem.

-- Anonymous, October 01, 2001


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