One-kilo bomb found near Beit Shemesh

One-kilo bomb found near Beit Shemesh
By Johathan Lis – Haaretz
December 31, 2003

A small bomb was found yesterday near a gas station at the entrance to Moshav Mesilat Zion, near Beit Shemesh.
The bomb was hidden on the Sha'ar Haguy-Beit Shemesh Highway, inside a milk carton wrapped in plastic bags.
Police sappers defused the one-kilogram bomb as security forces searched the area for other explosive devices. Police said the bomb appeared to have been assembled in Palestinian territory rather than by Israeli criminal elements, but have refused to provide additional details as to the components of the bomb and the way in which it was put together.
The road was closed to traffic as soon as the bomb was found.
It is not yet clear if the gas station was the bomb target, or whether a terrorist was scared off and threw the bomb on the side of the road. Jerusalem police are investigating the incident.

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Nice people, these "militants."