Suicide-bomb attack

TEL AVIV, JUNE 2. In the relentless blood-letting in West Asia, a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a popular beach-side discotheque here leaving 18 dead and over 100 injured, police and eyewitnesses said.

The Israeli army ordered the immediate closure of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip and turned back Palestinian workers with permits to work inside Israel in the wake of Friday night attack.

Eyewitnesses said the suicide bomber entered a queue of people waiting to get into the discotheque and detonated himself within minutes.

Israel blamed the Palestinian Authority for failing to stop the violence but the Palestinian leader, Mr. Yasser Arafat, condemned the attack this morning.

- PTI

- Detailed report under International section

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