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The Sonol gas station bombing was a double suicide bombing attack which occurred on October 27, 2002 near a Sonol gas station located at the entrance to Ariel, an Israeli settlement city in the West Bank. Three people were killed in the attack and approximately 18 people were injured. All of the fatalities were IDF reservists. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack. ==The attack== On Sunday, October 27, 2002 around 11:30 am, a young Palestinian suicide bomber approached a gas station cafeteria at the entrance to Ariel. The gas station cafeteria was full of Israeli soldiers who were waiting for their bus. As the suicide bomber approached the gas station, a worker at the nearby cafeteria spotted him and informed her boss that the man looked suspicious. The owner of the cafeteria Menachem Gilboa and an attendant at the gas station approached the suspect, identified him as a terrorist, wrestled him to the floor and held his arms, thus preventing him from detonating his explosive device. By doing so Gilboa noticed that the suspect was wearing an explosives belt underneath his shirt. The two screamed for help and subsequently three soldiers ran towards them to assist them subdue the terrorist.〔 Meanwhile, an Israeli civilian security guard named Shachar Keshet, who was at the gas station fueling his car, quickly approached the commotion, was told that it was a suicide bomber, and as a result he immediately drew out his gun and shot the terrorist twice in the head. Nevertheless, as the dead terrorist fell to the ground the explosives on his body exploded.〔(Suicide Bomber Kills 3 in W. Bank Attack )〕 The three soldiers who tried to subdue the bomber were killed in the explosion. 20 people additional people were injured in the explosion, one of them seriously.〔(3 Soldiers Die In Struggle With Suicide Bomber ) – published on the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on October 28, 2002〕 As a result of the explosion, a small fire broke out at the gas station, which was later on quickly put out by the firefighters.〔 The Islamist militant organization Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sonol gas station bombing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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