Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Haifa bus explosion kills eight

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Haifa bus explosion kills eight A suicide bomber blew himself up on a crowded bus in the northern Israeli city of Haifa today, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens, officials said.

Police said the suicide bomber detonated explosives that were strapped to his body.

The bus driver, Marwan Damouni, told Israeli army radio that the bus exploded as he stopped at a station and opened the doors to let passengers off.

"I suddenly heard an explosion," said Mr Damouni, who was being treated at Carmel hospital. "I tried to move, to see if there were wounded ... I couldn't hear anything because of the force of the blast."