Date: 31 August 2004 (15:00)

Location: Beersheba, Israel

Type of event: terrorism

Description:

16 killed (including 1 child), 100 injured in twin suicide bombings on two buses in Beersheba; explosions occurred minutes apart after both buses left the same bus stop; some passengers, hearing the first explosion, succeeding in escaping the second bus before the second explosion.

Consequences: 18 killed, 100 injured

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