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Palestinian Plotted Attack on Jerusalem Light Rail with Bomb Covered in Poisoned Nails

(Times of Israel) Judah Ari Gross - On July 15, Ali Abu Hassan, 21, an engineering student at Hebron University, entered Jerusalem armed with three pipe bombs he had linked together into one large explosive and had covered with nails and screws dipped in rat poison, with the intention of carrying out an attack, Israel Police revealed Tuesday. He originally intended to attack a restaurant on Jaffa Road. However, when he noticed the large number of passengers boarding the light rail that runs through downtown, Hassan changed his target. When he attempted to board the train, he was stopped after he raised the suspicions of a security guard. When the guard asked to examine the contents of Hassan's bag, he noticed the bomb and called the police. Hassan intended the attack as a form of "revenge for visits by tourists and Israeli Jews to the Temple Mount."
2016-08-03 00:00:00
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