At least one person has died and three others have been seriously
injured after a man rammed a car into a crowd on a light rail platform
in east Jerusalem Wednesday in what is being referred to as an
"intentional attack" by Israeli police.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said that police shot and killed the driver of the car. Officials told the Associated Press that the car hit the train platform, then rammed into other cars, after which the driver jumped out and tried to run away.
The officials said the driver then attacked a group of policemen with a crowbar before he was shot and killed.
Fox News has confirmed with Israeli officials that there was at least one fatality and three other injuries, while The Times of Israel, citing paramedics, reported that two other people were moderately injured.
The incident was the second attack in Jerusalem involving a car running over people in two weeks. On Oct. 22, a Palestinian driver plowed his car into a crowd of people near a light rail station, killing two people, including a three-year-old girl.
The attack came amid a backdrop of tension over a planned visit to a contested holy site in Jerusalem's Old City by supporters of the American-born activist Yehuda Glick.
Palestinian protesters and Israeli police have clashed almost daily in east Jerusalem in recent months, with much of the unrest focused around a sacred compound revered by both Jews and Muslims. It's the holiest site for Jews, who call it the Temple Mount because of the revered Jewish Temples that stood there in biblical times. Muslims refer to it as the Noble Sanctuary, and it is their third holiest site, after Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia.
Glick, a leading voice in a campaign to expand Jewish prayer rights on the hilltop complex, was wounded a week ago when a Palestinian gunman on a motorcycle opened fire at him as he left a conference in Jerusalem.
Muslim worshippers view Jewish prayer at the site as a provocation, and Israeli authorities place tough restrictions on it. Everyone visiting the area from the Israeli side has to be screened by police.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said that police shot and killed the driver of the car. Officials told the Associated Press that the car hit the train platform, then rammed into other cars, after which the driver jumped out and tried to run away.
The officials said the driver then attacked a group of policemen with a crowbar before he was shot and killed.
Fox News has confirmed with Israeli officials that there was at least one fatality and three other injuries, while The Times of Israel, citing paramedics, reported that two other people were moderately injured.
The incident was the second attack in Jerusalem involving a car running over people in two weeks. On Oct. 22, a Palestinian driver plowed his car into a crowd of people near a light rail station, killing two people, including a three-year-old girl.
The attack came amid a backdrop of tension over a planned visit to a contested holy site in Jerusalem's Old City by supporters of the American-born activist Yehuda Glick.
Palestinian protesters and Israeli police have clashed almost daily in east Jerusalem in recent months, with much of the unrest focused around a sacred compound revered by both Jews and Muslims. It's the holiest site for Jews, who call it the Temple Mount because of the revered Jewish Temples that stood there in biblical times. Muslims refer to it as the Noble Sanctuary, and it is their third holiest site, after Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia.
Glick, a leading voice in a campaign to expand Jewish prayer rights on the hilltop complex, was wounded a week ago when a Palestinian gunman on a motorcycle opened fire at him as he left a conference in Jerusalem.
Muslim worshippers view Jewish prayer at the site as a provocation, and Israeli authorities place tough restrictions on it. Everyone visiting the area from the Israeli side has to be screened by police.
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