Chai Siang Yang

Apr 12, 2002 - Chai Siang Yang, 32, a foreign worker from China, was killed by a woman suicide bomber who detonated a powerful charge at a bus stop on Jaffa road next to the entrance to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda open-air market. Another 104 people were injured in the blast, among them nine Arabs. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.

Chai Siang Yang came to Israel four months ago from Putian in Fujian Province in southeastern China. Yang worked as a builder for the Aronson Company which constructs buildings in Jerusalem. Monthly, he would send money back to his family in China.

Yang lived in an apartment in the Pisgat Zeev neighborhood of Jerusalem with other workers from China. He and his friends were accustomed to shopping in Mahane Yehuda on Friday afternoons, to take advantage of the low pre-Sabbath prices.

"They told us that Yang was working far from the war area," said Yang's older brother.

Chai Siang Yang was flown back to China for burial. He leaves behind a wife and two daughters 8 and 2.