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Four Dead, 29 Injured in Jerusalem Bombing

Aired August 09, 2001 - 08:21   ET

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COLLEEN MCEDWARDS, CNN ANCHOR: Want to update you on the situation in Israel right now. In the center of Jerusalem, a powerful bomb went off around 2:00 p.m. local time, right around lunch hour in a pizza parlor that was crowded with people having lunch. This pizza parlor is right at the corner of Jaffa (ph) Road and King George Street, which is right in the heart of Jerusalem.

Updated figures for you now. At least four people dead, according to officials, at least 29 people injured. Police are assuming this is the work of a suicide bomber. This has not been confirmed but that's the assumption they're working on saying it has all the marks of a Palestinian suicide bomber attack.

We'll keep you up to date on the story right here on CNN.

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