A Jewish extremist group is suspected by police of having planted a bomb at the entrance to the Temple Mount Friday as hundreds of Moslem worshippers were on their way to pray at the mosques there. The bomb was discovered and dismantled safely.
The incident was the second of its kind in a week. A week earlier a bomb exploded outside a Hebron mosque where worshippers were finishing their morning prayers. No one was hurt but police said the bomb would have caused casualties had it detonated a few minutes later when people were leaving the mosque.
Arabs in the Hebron area continue to complain of harassment by Jewish settlers. Leaders of the settlers have denied any connection to the harassment but warned they would react strongly to rock throwing attacks on Jews by Arabs.
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