Israeli police nabbed a suicide bomber en route to Jerusalem. A bus driver stopped Wednesday at a military checkpoint on the outskirts of the city and told police he had spotted a suspicious-looking man on board, according to a police spokesman. When the police took the suspicious man off, they found an explosive belt on his body.
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