Suicide bomb attack deals blow to Cabinent deal

A PALESTINIAN suicide bomber blew himself up at an Israeli train station during morning rush hour yesterday, killing a security guard and injuring 13 people, police and medics said.

The train station attack dealt a blow to an agreement on Wednesday between Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and incoming prime minister Mahmoud Abbas for creation of a reformist Cabinet that paved the way for a new US peace drive.

An armed faction of Arafat’s Fatah movement and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) claimed responsibility, calling it a “strike against the enemies of God and humanity” and threatening further attacks.