An explosive charge detonated in the rear of an empty tourist bus in Rishon LeZion Wednesday morning, Splinters of glass and metal landed in the yard of a kindergarten near which the bus was parked but there were no casualties. The bus and parts of the school were damaged. Police investigating the explosion said the device was attached to the exterior part of the bus under the air conditioning equipment. Some 70 Arabs employed in the vicinity of the incident were detained for questioning.
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