Suspected Bomber Allegedly Explodes
Agence France Presse “suspects” that a Palestinian who blew up while trying to sneak into Israel may have been a suicide bomber on his way to carry out mass murder: Suspected Palestinian suicide bomber dies in Gaza.
GAZA CITY (AFP) - An apparent would-be Palestinian suicide bomber was killed by his own explosives after he was shot by Israeli soldiers near the Gaza Strip’s Karni crossing, sources on both sides said.
The “soldiers fired at two suspects who penetrated a forbidden zone and were approaching the fence” surrounding the Gaza Strip, an Israeli military spokesman said.
Palestinian witnesses confirmed the explosion took place after the man was shot.
And they promptly add the would-be murderer’s death to the Palestinian total:
The latest deaths brought the overall toll since the start of the Palestinian intifada, or uprising, to 4,275, including 3,261 Palestinians and 943 Israelis.