A number of suspects were detained Thursday after a small explosive device detonated in Kiryat Malachi, about 60 kilometers southwest of Jerusalem. A car was damaged but there were no casualties. Police suspect a terrorist act.
Security forces, meanwhile, continued to take anti-terrorist measures in the West Bank and acted to prevent possible rioting by students in Nablus.
The homes of three suspected terrorists in the Shuafat refugee camp near Jerusalem were cordoned off Thursday. The occupants were accused of throwing grenades and Molotov cocktails at Jewish targets last year.
The West Bank civil administration closed A-Rawda College and A-Najah University, both in Nablus, until the end of the week on the basis of “information” that the students intended to riot.
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