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Jerusalem: Eighteen wounded in attack on bus Jerusalem: Eighteen wounded in attack on bus
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Eighteen people have been wounded, six of them seriously, in a shooting and stabbing attack on a bus in Jerusalem, the Israeli ambulance service says. Shooting and stabbing attacks in Jerusalem and northern Israel have left one Israeli dead and many injured, the Israeli ambulance service says.
Police said officers arrived at the scene and found two assailants inside a bus. They were "shot and neutralised". Sixteen were wounded, eight seriously, when two assailants opened fire and stabbed passengers on a bus in Jerusalem. Police shot the attackers.
Others were injured in another attack in Jerusalem and two in Raanana.
Near-daily stabbings by Palestinians have left Israelis dead and wounded over the past fortnight.
Several attackers and at least 17 other Palestinians have been killed in the upsurge of violence.
Police said officers arrived at the scene of Tuesday's bus attack and shot the attackers, killing at least one.
Elsewhere in the city, a man ran over three people at a bus station and then stabbed them with a knife, police said. The attacker was shot by police.Elsewhere in the city, a man ran over three people at a bus station and then stabbed them with a knife, police said. The attacker was shot by police.
Many Israelis have been stabbed by Palestinians in the past fortnight. Also on Tuesday, a Palestinian stabbed an Israeli man, moderately wounding him, at a bust stop in Raanana, north of Tel Aviv, police said. The attacker was captured and reportedly beaten by passers-by.
Earlier on Tuesday, a Palestinian stabbed an Israeli man, moderately wounding him, at a bust stop in Raanana, north of Tel Aviv, police said. Later, an Israeli woman was stabbed and wounded in a second attack in Raanana, police said. The assailant fled, but was then arrested by police.
The attacker was captured and reportedly beaten by bystanders at the scene.
Tensions between Israelis and Palestinians have escalated since last month, fuelled by clashes at a flashpoint holy site in Jerusalem, in the West Bank, and across the Gaza border, as well as the wave of stabbings.Tensions between Israelis and Palestinians have escalated since last month, fuelled by clashes at a flashpoint holy site in Jerusalem, in the West Bank, and across the Gaza border, as well as the wave of stabbings.