Six persons were injured when a bomb exploded in a grocery shop near the Jaffa Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem at noon Saturday. One Canadian tourist, James Lindsay, 29, of Nova Scotia, was hospitalized for a leg wound. His condition was not serious. Three Jews and two Arabs who suffered minor injuries were treated at a first aid station and released. Police said the bomb, a pipe filled with explosives, was concealed in a loaf of bread. The blast collapsed the walls of the grocery shop.
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