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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.

Sbarro restaurant
"I saw bodies inside the restaurant and the body of a little girl on the street covered in blood" - eyewitness Nava Perry

Medics treat a victim
"I heard a loud boom and I came out of the store and saw a woman with a baby covered with blood" - Sarit Barashy

A woman cries and holds on to her baby at Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem after the blast
The lunchtime blast tore through the restaurant which was packed with customers

Police sapper
Police sealed off the area amid fears of more explosive devices

Ambulance
Dozens of ambulances rushed to the area

Women at the scene of the explosion
Israel had been on a high state of alert for possible terror attacks

Israeli right-wing youth demonstrating in Jerusalem on Thursday evening after the attack
After the attack, right-wing Israelis demonstrated and called for revenge...

Palestinians in the Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp on the outskirts of Sidon, Lebanon, celebrated the attack
...while Palestinians in the Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp in Lebanon celebrated the attack

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08 Aug 01 | Middle East
Suicide bomb injures Israeli soldier
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