A SUICIDE bomber blew himself up aboard a crowded bus in the northern city of Haifa in Israel yesterday, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens in the first terrorist attack in two months, officials said.

The death toll in a suicide bombing on board a bus in Haifa in Israel rose to at least 12 people with dozens injured, some critically, officials said.

Israeli police today said they had discovered a huge car bomb brought into the north of the country from the West Bank.