Death toll of Jerusalem suicide attack rises to 11

[Gimel]

A reexamination of body parts brought to the Abu Kabir forensic institute following Thursday's suicide attack in Jerusalem revealed Saturday that another woman was killed in the attack, bringing the death toll to 11.

She was named as 35-year-old Manbara Valdi Tzadik, a foreign worker from Ethiopia who was apparently in Israeli illegally. She was identified using DNA samples taken from her apartment in the capital.

Tzadik's family has been notified of her death, Israel Radio reported.

The report said that as of Saturday, 24 people wounded in the attack were still hospitalized in four medical centers in the capital, 11 of them were in serious condition.

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[Gimel]

1. Five of the victims

were new immigrants, from 5 different countries. I heard this on Israel Radio broadcast. One each from USA, Russia, and 3 other countries.

[Darranar]

2. Very sad...

These attacks must stop, the sooner the better.

[The Avenger]

3. One Week Later - The Shiva Week Is Over.

For the families of the eleven victims of the #19 bus bomb the initial mourning period draws to a close. The rituals of mourning ratchet down a few notches for the next 30 days, and even further over the next 11 months, but the real pain of living without a father, sister, daughter, husband, son or brother has only just begun.

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For one, a nurse at Hadassah, it was the swift discovery that the son of a colleague lay in a ward upstairs with â?omoderateâ?� injuriesâ?"the loss of an eye, limited hearing and shrapnel all over the place. Another friend who was walking a block away when the bus blew and saw everything, has had trouble doing anything except sleep all week.

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Itâ?Ts becoming increasingly difficult to lift oneself out of the reality of the effects of Arab terror. Especially this week when the lop-sided body/prisoner exchange takes place and our prime minister decides to give the appearance of rewarding terror by announcing his plans to remove thousands of Jews from their homes. This shiva week is over, but who knows what next week will bring?
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Judy Lash Balint is a Jerusalem based writer and author of Jerusalem Diaries: In Tense Times. www.jerusalemdiaries.com