Lunch-time bomber kills five in Tel Aviv

A PALESTINIAN suicide bomber blew himself up on a crowded bus as it drove along a busy Tel Aviv street at lunch-time today, killing at least five other people and wounding 49.

It was the second suicide bombing in two days after a six week lull.

The shrapnel-studded explosives tore through the bus on Allenby Street while it was passing through the heart of a teeming restaurant and business district.