(Reuters) Israeli driver Yaakov Cohen raced against time after he saw the bus ahead of his explode in a ball of flame and had a premonition his own vehicle would soon be next. "I drove about 10 meters and then opened the doors....I believe that between 10 to 15 people got off my bus. Suddenly I heard a huge explosion. I can't explain it but it was almost as if I knew it was going to happen," he said. There were still 20 to 30 people waiting to leave the bus when the bomb went off. Emergency workers said the buses had been packed with passengers on their way home from Beersheba's open-air market.
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