November 4, 2001 Palestinian Opens Fire On Bus of Schoolgirls

2 Die and Dozens are Wounded in Jerusalem

“It was just before rush hour on a crystalline autumn afternoon, and Bus No. 25 was making its way toward the center of Jerusalem, packed with Israeli schoolgirls.  Suddenly, as the driver waited for the light to change at a major intersection, a Palestinian gunman stepped from the sidewalk, coolly took aim with a short-barreled M-16 assault rifle and opened fire at point-blank range.

Source:  International Herald Tribune, November 5, 2001