Jerusalem bus bomb kills at least one

An explosion has gone off on an Israeli bus in Jerusalem, killing at least one person.

Body parts were strewn across the pavement.

The bus was headed from Jerusalem in the direction of the Jewish West Bank settlement of Maaleh Adumim.

I saw a great cloud and I saw people fleeing," said one witness. "I looked down and saw the bus lying on its side in a very strange way and someone lying on the road nearby."

Another witness, Danny Sarero, 35, said he was standing a few yards away from the bus when he heard the explosion.

"The next thing I knew I saw a person cut in two, a body and a head lying in the street. I've never seen such a thing. Pieces of flesh strewn around for 50 metres," Sarero said. "I'm in shock."

Police closed the area and moved reporters and residents away.

The explosion went off at an intersection in the Jewish neighbourhood of French Hill, located in a disputed part of Jerusalem.

It was the second blast in Jerusalem in less than six hours.

A car bomb exploded in a southern neighbourhood, slightly injuring three Israelis.

The militant group Islamic Jihad has claimed responsibility for that explosion.