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| Truck rams into crowd in Jerusalem, 4 dead, about 15 injured (PHOTOS) | |
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| A truck rammed into pedestrians in Jerusalem, killing four people and injuring about 15, local police and emergency services said. The driver of the truck was shot in response to the attack, which apparently targeted Israeli soldiers. | |
| “It is a terrorist attack, a ramming attack,” a police spokeswoman said on Israel Radio. | “It is a terrorist attack, a ramming attack,” a police spokeswoman said on Israel Radio. |
| Police said three men and one woman, all in their 20s, were killed. It added that the truck driver apparently targeted a group of Israeli soldiers who had just gotten off a bus. The driver was killed in the aftermath. | Police said three men and one woman, all in their 20s, were killed. It added that the truck driver apparently targeted a group of Israeli soldiers who had just gotten off a bus. The driver was killed in the aftermath. |
| The ambulance service reportedly took 15 people injured in the incident to the hospital, some of whom were seriously injured. | The ambulance service reportedly took 15 people injured in the incident to the hospital, some of whom were seriously injured. |
| The incident happened on a popular promenade overlooking the Old City of Jerusalem, Israel Radio said. | The incident happened on a popular promenade overlooking the Old City of Jerusalem, Israel Radio said. |
| An eyewitness to the incident told the radio station that the truck ploughed into a group of soldiers, and that they fired on the driver, who reversed direction and ran over them again. | An eyewitness to the incident told the radio station that the truck ploughed into a group of soldiers, and that they fired on the driver, who reversed direction and ran over them again. |
| Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman visited the scene of the attack in a gesture apparently stressing the high profile nature of the incident. | |
| The militant group Hamas called the incident an act of “heroic resistance to the Israeli occupation,” but would not claim responsibility for it. |