A 17-year-old female Palestinian suicide bomber carrying nearly 10 kilograms of explosives blew herself up outside Jerusalem's Mahaneh Yehuda open-air market late Friday afternoon, killing six people and wounding 84 others, seven seriously.

The victims were Yelena Konrav, 43, from Pisgat Ze'ev; and Rivka Fink, 75, of Jerusalem;Nissan Cohen, 57, of Ramot; Zuhila Hushi, 47, of Gilo; Lin Chin Mai, 34; and Chai Zin Chang, 32.

It was the second suicide bombing in the country in two days, coming after Wednesday's attack on the Egged bus making its way to Jerusalem from Haifa, in which eight people were killed, and abruptly ended a short-lived 10-day lull in suicide bombings in the capital.