Posted on 02/27/2006 3:26:03 AM PST by HAL9000
Reuters -
EXPLOSION AT ARMS RESEARCH FACILITY IN NORTHERN ISRAEL, CASUALTIES -AMBULANCE SERVICE
Hope no radiation was involved.............
I'd have preferred this happen in Iran.
Blast at Israeli arms research facility - medics
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's main arms research facility was hit by an explosion on Monday that caused several casualties, the Magen David Adom ambulance service said.
It said the blast occurred near the entrance to the Rafael arms research facility near the northern city of Haifa. It was not immediately clear what caused the explosion.
Rafael, the Israel Armament Development Authority, develops some of Israel's most sophisticated weapons systems, including missiles and drones.
Israel Radio said details of the blast were sketchy and it could have been caused by an accident. There was no immediate suggestion the explosion was a Palestinian attack.
The ambulance service reported that several people were hurt. Army Radio reported multiple injuries.
Several hurt in northern Israel blast
Several people were injured Monday after a large explosion was heard in a town close to the northern Israeli port city of Haifa, police and medical sources said.
The blast, whose cause was not immediately known, went off in the town of Kiryat Bialik which is a centre for mililtary research.
Sources within the Magen David Adom ambulance service said that several people had been wounded but had no further details.
#5 source - AFP via translation
An accident near the entrance?
BLAST AT ISRAELI ARMS RESEARCH FACILITY AN ACCIDENT - SECURITY SOURCES, ISRAEL RADIO
Probably Jehovah's Witnesses...yeah that's probably it.
Israeli arms facility blast accidental: sources
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An explosion at Israel's main arms research facility on Monday was caused by an accident and injured four people, security sources and Israel Radio said.
The blast occurred at Rafael, the Israel Armament Development Authority, near the northern city of Haifa.
Kiryat Bialik blast was work accident at Rafael arms factory
The explosion in Kiryat Bialik was caused by a work accident at the Rafael Armament Development Authority factory there and was not terror-related, police said.
Four people sustained light to moderate injuries in the blast, MDA medics said. (Meital Yasur Beit-Or)
bang ping
They [robably tried breaching the facility, but had premature jihadulation..
Latest from AP: accident.
or scientologist couch jumper troops.
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