The Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing was a Palestinian terrorist attack on a pizzeria in downtown Jerusalem, Israel, on 9 August 2001, in which 15 civilians were killed, including 7 children and a pregnant woman, and 130 wounded.
Read more about Sbarro Restaurant Suicide Bombing: The Attack, The Perpetrators, Ahlam Tamimi, Israeli Response, Palestinian Exhibit, The Malki Foundation
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