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Friday, 10 August, 2001, 03:43 GMT 04:43 UK
In pictures: Jerusalem blast
A blast at a restaurant in Jerusalem kills at least 15 people and injures dozens of others. The Sbarro pizzeria, at the junction of two of the city's busiest streets, was packed with lunchtime diners when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside.
![]() "I saw bodies inside the restaurant and the body of a little girl on the street covered in blood" - eyewitness Nava Perry
![]() "I heard a loud boom and I came out of the store and saw a woman with a baby covered with blood" - Sarit Barashy
![]() The lunchtime blast tore through the restaurant which was packed with customers
![]() Police sealed off the area amid fears of more explosive devices
![]() Dozens of ambulances rushed to the area
![]() Israel had been on a high state of alert for possible terror attacks
![]() After the attack, right-wing Israelis demonstrated and called for revenge...
![]() ...while Palestinians in the Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp in Lebanon celebrated the attack
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