Israeli police described the incident as a car-ramming attack and said the driver had been shot at the scene
The car was driven into a crowd at a bus stop in Ramot, a Jewish settlement, in east Jerusalem. Pic APTwo people, including a six-year-old boy, have been killed after a car was driven into a group of people at a bus stop on the outskirts of Jerusalem.A man who said he had witnessed the attack from his car told Israel's Channel 12 news an armed civilian had shot the suspect before a police officer arrived and also shot into the vehicle.
A volunteer medic with United Hatzalah ambulance service, who gave his name as Ariel Ben-David, told Army Radio:"Everyone was lying out, thrown about, in very bad condition. To our regret, one child did not survive." Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the incident in Ramot, a Jewish settlement in east Jerusalem, as a terrorist attack and ordered security forces to be reinforced.
Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who is responsible for police forces in the area, visited the scene.A spokesman for Hamas, the proscribed organisation that controls Gaza, praised the attack as a"heroic operation" but did not claim responsibility.
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