Posted on 12/11/2003 2:28:20 AM PST by kattracks
ROME (Reuters) - A car exploded near a synagogue in the northern Italian city of Modena early Thursday morning and the man inside the car died in an apparent suicide, police said. Police said it appeared the incident was a suicide and not necessarily a terrorist attack but authorities were still investigating.The man, who was apparently from the Middle East, set himself on fire. When police approached to put out the flames, the car, which ran on flammable liquid propane gas, exploded, police in Modena told Reuters.
Various reports from Modena said the man was either Jordanian or Palestinian.
No other injuries were reported, although the explosion blew out the windows of some buildings, local reports said.
They said the car was on a small, side street near one of the container walls that runs around the synagogue.
More performance art from the raghead Jew haters.
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