Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing
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The Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing was a suicide bombing carried out on 5 March 2003 on an Egged bus in Haifa, Israel. Seventeen passengers were killed in the attack and 53 were injured. Many of the victims were students from Haifa University.The Palestinian Islamist terror organization Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack. The suicide bomber was 20-year-old Mahmoud Umdan Salim Qawasmeh, a student at the Palestine Polytechnic University. An Israeli Arab resident of Haifa who helped plan the attack was also tried and sentenced to life imprisonment for his involvement.
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Sderot Moriya, Haifa Merkaz HaCarmel (Carmel District)
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Sderot Moriya 52
3463626 Haifa, Merkaz HaCarmel (Carmel District)
Haifa District, Israel
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