Tel Aviv suicide bomb toll rises to 20

A 14-year-old Israeli girl died inhospital this morning, bringing the death toll from Friday’ssuicide bombattack at a Tel Aviv…

A 14-year-old Israeli girl died inhospital this morning, bringing the death toll from Friday’ssuicide bombattack at a Tel Aviv discotheque to 20.

A further 100 people were wounded in the suicide blast, 52 ofwhom remain in hospital. Three of the wounded were said to be incritical condition.

Almost all of the victims were from former Soviet republics andaged between 14 and 20.

Ten of the victims are set tobe buried today.

AFP

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