Jerusalem: A Palestinian bomber blew himself up at a busy train station, killing one person and injuring 13 others in the Israeli city of Kfar Sava on April 24, hours after the Palestinian leadership reached an agreement over the composition of the new Cabinet, paving the way for implementation of the US-backed roadmap to peace.

The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, of Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement, reportedly claimed responsibility for the bombing. The bomber was identified as Ahmed Khaled Khatib, 18, from the Balata refugee camp on the outskirts of West Bank city of Nablus.

However, an official spokesman of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade denied his group's hand in the bombing and said the attack could have been the handiwork of a splinter group of Al Aqsa.

The bomber detonated the explosives when a security guard started checking him after noticing he was wearing a black coat despite the warm weather at the entrance of a new commuter train station in the Central town of Kfar Sava, North of Tel Aviv, Israel Radio reported.

A guard spotted him (the bomber) and asked for his identity card, area police chief Amihai Shai said.

A security guard was killed in the explosion which occurred at around 09:50 hours (IST) while another was seriously wounded.

Reports from the blast scene said twisted mass of metal, broken glass and human limbs were scattered at the station's entrance.

PTI