Israeli police discovered a car bomb today in an ultra-Orthodox neighbourhood of west Jerusalem, a police spokesman said.
The bomb, hidden in the trunk of a stolen car parked in the Mea Shearim district of Jerusalem was being defused by a police bomb squad this afternoon, the spokesman said.
Concerned residents contacted local police after seeing a suspicious-looking car which had two cellular phones inside.
Mobile phones have been used in several recent bombing attacks.
A car bomb exploded in another religious neighborhood near Mea Shearim on February 8th, just two days after Prime Minister Mr Ariel Sharon's election win, leaving one woman slightly injured.
Police sealed off the street where the car was located, and officers on horseback were controlling the large crowd gathered to watch the bomb squad in action.
AFP