Five children among dead
2003-10-04 15:02
Jerusalem - Eighteen people were killed in a suicide bombing at a restaurant in Haifa, northern Israel, army radio said on Saturday.
Five of the victims are reported to be children.
The suicide bomber detonated his charge inside the restaurant in the coastal city which was filled with people enjoying the Yom Kippur holiday and completely torn apart by the force of the blast.
The radio did not say whether the death toll included the attacker.
Police earlier said at least 30 had been wounded in the blast, a number of them critically.
- AFP