Witness : Alleged car bomb in East Jerusalem was electrical problem
Oct. 11, 2015 11:29 A.M. (Updated : Oct. 11, 2015 11:54 A.M.)
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JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — A Palestinian eyewitness on Sunday refuted Israeli authorities’ claims that a Palestinian woman set off a car bomb in an attempt to injure Israeli police officers near the al-Zaayyim checkpoint between occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank.
The witness told Ma’an that “a Palestinian woman was driving her car to Jerusalem with her child in the car.” He added that some 300 meters before the permanent Israeli military checkpoint near the village of al-Zaayyim, an electrical problem ignited small fire inside the car, and the woman panicked and started to scream.”
“When the woman managed to pull over, the driver’s airbag deployed emitting drizzles of powder,” he added.
The woman reportedly sustained moderate to severe injuries, while an Israeli police officer was lightly injured.
Israeli police spokesperson Micky Rosenfeld told Ma’an that the woman detonated a car bomb near the checkpoint after an Israeli police officer signaled her to stop.
Israeli media reported that the woman was initially pulled over for “driving suspiciously.”
Rosenfeld said a police officer approached the woman’s car and “the explosion took place inside the vehicle.”
The witness who spoke to Ma’an said an Israeli police patrol prevented the woman from exiting the car while she was in distress following the alleged electrical fire, claiming that she detonated an explosive device. The witness highlighted that the car had not sustained any damages and that its windows and windshields were not harmed.
While photo on the Israeli news site Haaretz shows the car completely unharmed, the Hebrew language NRG website posted later a photo with the car’s front bumper partially detached.
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La police israélienne met en échec un attentat à la bombe en Cisjordanie
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