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Bulldozer slams into bus in Jerusalem,3 killed
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-07-02 21:51

JERUSALEM  -- A bulldozer went on a deadly rampage in Jerusalem early Wednesday afternoon, ramming into several cars, overturning a crowded bus, killing at least three people and injuring dozens.


Israeli rescue workers observe the scene of an attack in Jerusalem July 2 2008. A Palestinian rammed a bulldozer into an Israeli commuter bus, cars and pedestrians on one of Jerusalem's busiest streets on Wednesday, killing at least two people and wounding dozens, emergency services said. [Agencies]

The bulldozer, which hit several vehicles as well as pedestrians along its way, slammed into and knocked over the bus with 35 people on board near the old Central Bus Station in the northwestern part of downtown Jerusalem, in what the police said was definitely a terror attack.

Three women were killed and over 30 injured in the attacks, according to local dailies The Jerusalem Post and Yedioth Ahronoth. Another newspaper Ha'aretz put the death toll at four. One of the dead was a woman driving a Toyota when her car was smashed by the bulldozer.

The bulldozer driver, identified as a Palestinian resident of east Jerusalem with an Israeli identification card, was shot dead by an elite policeman who climbed up the moving construction vehicle and opened fire, said the police, which rushed to the scene along with the Maged David Adom (MDA) rescue services.

Israeli sources said at least 46 were admitted to hospitals, among whom about a dozen were either seriously or moderately wounded.

Witnesses said the driver struggled briefly with two policemen before being killed. Another elite policemen was lightly wounded, apparently by gunfire, indicating that the driver was armed.

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