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Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing | |
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Part of the Second Intifada militancy campaign | |
Location | Jerusalem |
Coordinates | 31°46′59″N 35°13′04″E / 31.7830°N 35.2179°E |
Date | 9 August 2001 2:00 pm (IDT) |
Target | Sbarro pizza restaurant |
Attack type | Suicide bombing |
Deaths | 16 civilians (+1 bomber) |
Injured | 140 |
Perpetrators | Hamas |
A Palestinian suicide bombing at a pizzeria in downtown Jerusalem on 9 August 2001 killed 16 people, including seven children and a pregnant woman. A further 130 were wounded. The attack occurred during the Second Intifada.