Police: Jerusalem Public Bus Explosion Caused By A Bomb

A bus explosion in the industrial area of Jerusalem’s Taliot neighborhood early Monday evening that wounded 21 people – including one critically – was the result of a bomb, Jerusalem police said, but police stopped short of declaring it a terrorist attack, the Jerusalem Post reported. Remarkably, no deaths were reported following the carnage on the major thoroughfare of Bar-Am Street, where two Egged buses and a third vehicle were reduced to exposed charred iron and ash. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said officials were initially confused on the cause of the fire, but said a forensics team, aided by bomb disposal experts at the scene confirmed the fires were ignited by an explosive...