(Ha'aretz) A suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance to the Sharon shopping center in Netanya on Monday, killing at least five people and wounding dozens. Security guards are stationed at the doors of major shopping centers in Israel. (Reuters) An eyewitness said he spotted a man walking "like a robot" to the mall. He said that another woman who saw him shouted to the security guards at entrance to the shopping center: "Suicide bomber, suicide bomber!" The guards stopped the man and pushed him up against the wall, and nearby police officers rushed to help. At that point, the bomber detonated the explosives he had in his bag. One of the security guards was killed and the policemen were wounded. "The fact that the security guard and policemen managed to identify the bomber meant that they prevented a major disaster," said Israel Police Commander Moshe Karadi. David Baker, an official in the Prime Minister's Office, said that the attack was the result of PA refusal to dismantle the terrorist organizations.
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