Israel Rescue workers and paramedics treat a person wounded by an explosion at a bus stop in Jerusalem, Wednesday, March 23, 2011. A bomb planted at a telephone booth exploded at a crowded bus stop Wednesday in central Jerusalem, wounding many people in what appeared to be the first militant attack in the city in several years. (AP Photo)
An explosion at a crowded bus stop in central Jerusalem has caused dozens of casualties, police said.
(Telegraph) Scores of ambulances converged on the area, near the central bus station and a city conference hall in a Jewish neighbourhood of Jerusalem.
Around 25 people had been wounded, according to medical sources, 15 of them seriously. No deaths were reported.
Police described the explosion as a "terrorist attack".
The explosion appears to be the first bus bombing in the region in several years and comes amid rising tensions between Hamas militants and Israel.
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M&C via DPA):
Jerusalem - A woman injured in a bombing in Jerusalem on Wednesday died of her wounds, Israel Radio reported.
Some 31 people were injured by the bomb, which was placed next to a bus shelter by Jerusalem's convention centre. The bomb exploded as two packed buses were passing.
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