American Hurt in 2003 Hamas Bombing Dies of Wounds

(AP) A U.S. citizen seriously injured in a Palestinian suicide bombing seven years ago has died as a result of complications from his wounds. Julie Averbach says her husband, 44-year-old New Jersey native Steve Averbach, died on Thursday. A Hamas suicide bomber killed seven people and wounded 20 when he detonated his explosives on a packed commuter bus in Jerusalem in May 2003. Averbach was hit by shrapnel and paralyzed from the neck down.


2010-06-07 09:59:41

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