Teenager dies and 22 injured in twin rush-hour blasts in Jerusalem

Initial findings show explosions were result of nails and explosive devices left in bags at two sites, say police

A teenage boy has died and 22 people have been injured in two blasts targeting rush-hour commuters in Jerusalem, attacks that hark back to the violence of the second intifada, or Palestinian uprising.

The first explosion occurred shortly after 7am local time on Wednesday near a bus stop packed with civilians on the western outskirts of the divided city. The second blast, half an hour later near a busy junction in the Ramot settlement, north of Jerusalem, injured another five people. The child who died from his injuries in hospital was named as a dual Israeli-Canadian citizen, Aryeh Schupak, 15.