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And again: Terror attack in Jerusalem UPDATED x4 (with video of terrorist being killed and picture of dead terrorist)

A 'Palestinian' driving a tractor (really a steam shovel) rammed into and turned over an empty bus on Jerusalem's Shmuel HaNavi Street around 40 minutes ago.

At least one person has been hurt. The terrorist has been shot dead.

Let's go to the videotape.



That spot is nearly the exact spot where the number 2 bus from the Western Wall to Har Nof was attacked by a human bomb on August 19, 2003.

JPost reports that the bus driver was lightly injured and that a pedestrian who was walking by at the time is in critical condition. 

More on this story here.

UPDATE 2:24 PM

Some of you may recall similar attacks in 2008 and 2009.

UPDATE 2:31 PM

The pedestrian who was in critical condition - a 25-year old man - has now died. Six other people were injured.

I also have video of a police officer shooting the terrorist.

Let's go to the videotape.



Here's more:

A twenty five year-old man has been killed, after Magen David Adom (MDA) medics declared him dead at the scene; six other pedestrians were injured. 

The attack occurred on Shmuel HaNavi street, just outside the Olive Tree Hotel. Witnesses there reported that the tractor driver rammed a bus and that the event did not seem like an accident. 

"I saw a large tractor slam into a bus going to Beitar Illit; there were several injuries treated by United Hatzalah," said Ichud Hatzalah representative Shraga Hoffman, who was at the scene.

"The bus is on its side. The greatest miracle is that this is the first stop of the route so it [the bus] was relatively empty of passengers."

A policeman shot the tractor driver and killed him to stop the attack.

 God Have mercy....

UPDATE 2:50 PM

Picture of the terrorist attack perpetrator in Jerusalem today after he was shot to death pic.twitter.com/wkFUah4Wao
— Chaim Levinson (@chaimlevinson) August 4, 2014

UPDATE 3:05 PM

Alleged Jerusalem terrorist is 19-yr-old Muhammed Naif El-Ja’abis from Jabel Mukaber neighborhood. He was shot and killed on scene @Gr8_guy
— Noga Tarnopolsky (@NTarnopolsky) August 4, 2014

— Noga Tarnopolsky (@NTarnopolsky) August 4, 2014

Labels: Jerusalem, Palestinian terrorism, terror attacks, terror victims

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 2:22 PM