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Dozens injured after truck hits bus stop in central Israel | Dozens injured after truck hits bus stop in central Israel |
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The emergency services say they are treating dozens of casualties | The emergency services say they are treating dozens of casualties |
Dozens of people are reported to be injured after a truck hit a bus stop near an Israeli military base in what is suspected to be a deliberate attack. | |
At least six people are in a serious condition and others remain trapped under wreckage at the scene in Glilot, just north of Tel Aviv. | |
Police say the circumstances of the incident are still under investigation. | |
But local reports say armed civilians in the area shot and "neutralised" the driver of the truck after he deliberately rammed into people. | |
Israeli television channels showed police cordoning off the area as emergency personnel helped the injured and a helicopter hovered above. | Israeli television channels showed police cordoning off the area as emergency personnel helped the injured and a helicopter hovered above. |
"At 10:08 AM, a report was received in MDA's 101 Emergency Call Center in the Yarkon Region of a truck hitting a bus stop on Aharon Yariv Boulevard in Ramat Hasharon. | "At 10:08 AM, a report was received in MDA's 101 Emergency Call Center in the Yarkon Region of a truck hitting a bus stop on Aharon Yariv Boulevard in Ramat Hasharon. |
"MDA EMTs and Paramedics are currently providing medical treatment on site to dozens of casualties," Israel’s emergency services said in a statement. | "MDA EMTs and Paramedics are currently providing medical treatment on site to dozens of casualties," Israel’s emergency services said in a statement. |
A spokesman for Israel’s ambulance service quoted by Israeli newspaper Haaretz said many of the injured were elderly citizens who had disembarked from a bus ahead of a visit to the nearby Israel Defense Forces (IDF) base in Glilot. |