Palestinian man shot dead after ramming car into Jerusalem crowd
- The driver injured five people with his vehicle before being killed by a passer-by
- The incident comes hours after Israeli troops killed a Palestinian during a raid in the occupied West Bank
A Palestinian man drove his car into a crowd on a Jerusalem street on Monday, injuring five people before being shot dead by a passer-by, Israeli police said.
Hours earlier, Israeli troops killed a Palestinian during a raid in the occupied West Bank, the latest in a long series of incidents during an upsurge in violence over the past year.
Israel’s ambulance service said it treated five people who were injured before transferring them to a hospital, including a 70-year-old man who was in a serious but stable condition.
Videos obtained by Reuters showed a man lying stretched out on the bonnet of a car that was stopped in the middle of a road as shots rang out.
Speaking at the start of ceremonies commemorating Israel’s military dead, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the driver of the car, whom police identified as a 39-year-old from East Jerusalem, had tried to hurt civilians deliberately.
“This terrorist attack, in this place, at this time, reminds us that the land of Israel and the State of Israel are acquired through many trials and tribulations,” he said.