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PA forms committee to probe fatal bus accident (JERUSALEM POST) By KHALED ABU TOAMEH 02/20/12)Source: http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=258508 JERUSALEM POST JERUSALEM POST Articles-Index-TopPublishers-Index-Top
The Palestinian Authority announced Sunday the formation of a commission of inquiry into last week’s bus accident on the road between Jerusalem and Ramallah.

PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad ordered the formation of the commission to investigate the accident and draw the conclusions, his office said in a statement.

The commission, which is be headed by the PA interior minister, will consist of the ministers of health, education, local government and housing.

The commission will present its findings to Fayyad within two weeks.

The PA leadership had declared three days of mourning in the Palestinian territories over the death of the children in the the school bus accident last Thursday. (© 1995-2011, The Jerusalem Post 02/20/12)


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