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Police and rescue services at the scene of the car blast in central Tel Aviv on Wednesday. (Motti Kimche)
Last update - 23:32 11/06/2008
Top crime attorney dies in Tel Aviv car bombing
By Roni Singer-Heruti, Haaretz Correspondent and News Agencies
Tags: car blast, Tel Aviv

Prominent Israeli attorney Yoram Haham, 53, was killed on Wednesday when his jeep exploded in central Tel Aviv, Israel Police and emergency services said.

Police and the Magen David Adom ambulance service said the blast on Yigal Allon Street appeared to be related to "criminal activity," rather than the work of Palestinian militants.

"We can confirm that one person was killed in an explosion that appears to be criminally linked. For whatever reason, someone was targeted," a police spokesman said.
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There were no other casualties reported in the incident, which occurred at around 7 P.M.

The blast was apparently caused by an explosive device rigged under the man's jeep.

An initial investigation revealed that Haham was driving from the north of the city to the Yad Eliyahu neighborhood in the south when the blast occurred.

Some six months ago, two people were killed in Lod in a similar crime-related incident.

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