Palestinian suicide bomber kills three

A PALESTINIAN suicide bomber blew up at a Jewish settlement yesterday, killing three people, after he was grabbed by two bystanders and shot by Israeli soldiers, police and witnesses said.

The blast coincided with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's biggest cabinet dispute since taking office 19 months ago a crisis over funding of the settlements that threatened to shatter his ruling coalition.

Shortly after the explosion in a petrol station in the settlement of Ariel, Israeli troops killed two militants in Nablus in the West Bank.