Nelly Perov

May 18, 2003 - Nelly Perov, 55, of Jerusalem was one of seven people killed in a suicide bombing on Egged bus no. 6 near French Hill in Jerusalem.

The bus bombing took place at 5:45 A.M. near the French Hill neighborhood in northern Jerusalem. The suicide bomber, disguised as a religious Jew, boarded the bus and detonated the bomb shortly afterwards. Seven passengers were killed and about 20 wounded.

Nelly Perov, a resident of the Pisgat Ze'ev neighborhood in northern Jerusalem, was on her way to work when she was killed.

Nelly immigrated to Israel exactly three years ago from Kazakhstan. On Saturday night she celebrated the occasion with her daughter Lana, with a bottle of champagne. Lana said, "My mother and I decided to come to Israel together. I wanted to study here, and she wanted to live with me." Her 35-year-old son, Andre, came to Israel before them and lives in Rishon Lezion with his family.

Nelly Perov was buried in Jerusalem. She is survived by her son Andre, 35, her daughter Lana, 20, and two grandchildren, aged 13 and 4 months.