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Four Chinese Injured in Suicide Bombings in Tel Aviv

Two foreign workers are among the five people killed in two suicide bombings in Israel's coastalcity of Tel Aviv on Wednesday night. Four workers from China's Fujian International Company were also injured in the explosions, said Ni Jian, a counselor from the Chinese Embassy in Israel.


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Tel Aviv Suicide Bombing Kills 3
Two foreign workers are among the five people killed in two suicide bombings in Israel's coastalcity of Tel Aviv on Wednesday night.

The bombs exploded in an area near the old bus station in southern Tel Aviv, killing five, including an Israeli citizen and the two suicide bombers, and injuring 40 others, reports reaching here said.

The nationality of the foreign workers killed in the bombings was not immediately known, according to the reports.

Four workers from China's Fujian International Company were also injured in the explosions, said Ni Jian, a counselor from the Chinese Embassy in Israel.

The counselor also said two Chinese workers from the same company were missing after the bombings.

The old central bus station is full of coffee shops and is frequented by foreign workers.

The bomb attacks came just one day after seven Israelis were killed in a Palestinian bus ambush near the Jewish settlement of Emanuel in the West Bank Tuesday.

Both the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and Islamic Jihad have claimed responsibility for the explosions in Tel Aviv.


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