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Urgent: Police finds blast at Jerusalem bus result of teror attack

Xinhua, April 19, 2016 Adjust font size:

A blast on a Jerusalem bus which injured 16 people was the result of a terror attack, Israeli police said on Monday evening.

Police said that after an initial investigation, forces at the scene in south Jerusalem said a small explosive device had explosded in the back of a bus.

The blast resulted in a fire that spread into a nearby bus and a vehicle, according to police spokeswoman Luba Samri. Endit