WEST BANK: ISRAELI SOLDIERS CATCH PALESTINIAN BOY WITH BAG CONTAINING SUICIDE BOMBER'S EXPLOSIVE BELT AT CHECKPOINT

Record ID: 400720

  • Title: WEST BANK: ISRAELI SOLDIERS CATCH PALESTINIAN BOY WITH BAG CONTAINING SUICIDE BOMBER'S EXPLOSIVE BELT AT CHECKPOINT
  • Date: 15th March 2004
  • Summary: (EU) HAWARA CHECKPOINT, OUTSIDE NABLUS, WEST BANK (MARCH 15, 2004) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. LV OF CHECKPOINT 0.06 2. LV OF PALESTINIANS AND ISRAELI SOLDIERS AT CHECKPOINT (2 SHOTS) 0.23 3. SLV/SV SOLDIERS GATHERED IN CONVERSATION (2 SHOTS) 0.37 4. LV OF LARGE CONTROLLED EXPLOSION OF BOMBER BELT FILLED WITH NUTS AND BOLTS 0.57
  • Embargoed: 30th March 2004 13:00
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  • Location: HAWARA CHECKPOINT, OUTSIDE NABLUS, WEST BANK
  • City:
  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Reuters ID: LVA7MMJK9KJ8BZJDUZX0JMSRC1I1
  • Story Text: Israeli soldiers catch Palestinian boy with bag
    containing suicide bomber's explosive belt at checkpoint,
    officer says.



    Israeli soldiers on Monday (March 15) caught a
    Palestinian boy who unwittingly tried to carry a bag
    containing a suicide bomber's explosives belt through a
    West Bank checkpoint near the city of Nablus, an officer
    said.

    "A military policewoman checked a boy, spotted wires
    protruding from the bag and stopped the boy, whose age was
    under 10. Someone at the checkpoint asked him to carry a
    bag," an officer, who identified himself only as
    Lieutenant-Colonel G., told Reuters at the roadblock.

    The officer said the boy, known as Abdullah, was
    detained for questioning, but subsequently released by the
    army.

    The boy said he wanted to make money and did not know
    that there was a bomb in the bag.

    Army demolition experts detonated the device in a
    controlled blast.

    The colonel said the device contained seven to 10 kg (15
    to 22 lb) of explosives.


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