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| Jerusalem truck attack: '4 dead and 15 injured' after truck rams into crowd | Jerusalem truck attack: '4 dead and 15 injured' after truck rams into crowd |
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| Four people have been killed and at least 15 injured after a suspected terrorist rammed a truck into a group of people in Jerusalem. | |
| According to local media, the driver accelerated into soldiers exiting a city bus at the popular Armon HaNatziv promenade in south Jerusalem. | According to local media, the driver accelerated into soldiers exiting a city bus at the popular Armon HaNatziv promenade in south Jerusalem. |
| The four dead - three women and one man - were in their 20s, the Magen David Adom rescue service said. | |
| Unconfirmed reports suggest some victims remain trapped under the bus. | Unconfirmed reports suggest some victims remain trapped under the bus. |
| Police confirmed the perpetrator was "neutralised" at the scene. | Police confirmed the perpetrator was "neutralised" at the scene. |
| "It is a terrorist attack, a ramming attack," a police spokeswoman said on Israel Radio, which reported that bodies were "strewn on the street". | "It is a terrorist attack, a ramming attack," a police spokeswoman said on Israel Radio, which reported that bodies were "strewn on the street". |
| "A group of soldiers was standing with their bags near the bus. I had just let them off. The truck drove into the group of soldiers, ran over them and kept going. The soldiers shot at the driver. He reversed and ran over them again," Moshe Aharon, the driver of the bus told Army Radio, the Times of Israel reports. | |
| The group was reportedly on a trip to the capital as part of the army's "cultural Sundays" initiative. | |
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