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| Jerusalem truck attack: four killed and at least 15 injured – live updates | Jerusalem truck attack: four killed and at least 15 injured – live updates |
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| 1.52pm GMT | |
| 13:52 | |
| CCTV video has emerged showing the moment the truck ploughed into a group of Israeli soldiers as they stood outside a bus. It’s not gruesome but it is shocking, and we’ve decided not to embed it here. | |
| The truck slams into the large group at speed, driving straight through them. Bystanders, including soldiers standing in separate groups scatter in panic, with some clearly trying to intercept the vehicle as it appears to turn. It then reverses over the bodies before coming to a halt. | |
| Here’s footage of the aftermath filmed by the Times of Israel: | |
| 1.39pm GMT | |
| 13:39 | |
| Suspected attacker named by Israeli media | |
| The suspected attacker has been named by Times of Israel and others as Fadi al-Qanbar, a 28-year-old from the Palestinian Jabel Mukaber area of Jerusalem. | |
| These are from reporter Dov Lieber: | |
| Reported picture of Jerusalem attacker Fadi al-Qanbar, 28, from Jabal Mukabbar Jerusalem https://t.co/YjBTI0XvOi | |
| He is a reported picture of Jerusalem attacker, Fadi al-Qanbar, on a horse. https://t.co/ANl0W5zaC1 | |
| Updated | |
| at 2.02pm GMT | |
| 1.20pm GMT | 1.20pm GMT |
| 13:20 | 13:20 |
| Photos from the scene show a major police operation under way around the truck, and dazed Israeli soldiers consoling one another. | Photos from the scene show a major police operation under way around the truck, and dazed Israeli soldiers consoling one another. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 1.26pm GMT | at 1.26pm GMT |
| 1.06pm GMT | 1.06pm GMT |
| 13:06 | 13:06 |
| 'Do not let terror win' says mayor of Jerusalem | |
| The city’s mayor, Nir Barkat, has issued a statement calling on residents of Jerusalem to “not let terror win”. | The city’s mayor, Nir Barkat, has issued a statement calling on residents of Jerusalem to “not let terror win”. |
| According to the Jerusalem Post he said: “To our dismay, there is no limit to the cruelty of the terrorists who are willing to use any means possible to murder Jews and to damage the daily life of Israel’s capital.” | According to the Jerusalem Post he said: “To our dismay, there is no limit to the cruelty of the terrorists who are willing to use any means possible to murder Jews and to damage the daily life of Israel’s capital.” |
| He added: “Those who incite and fan the flames and those who support terror must pay a heavy price. I call on the residents of Jerusalem and the country at large to be alert and, despite this difficult terror attack, to carry on with your daily routines and do not let terror win.” | He added: “Those who incite and fan the flames and those who support terror must pay a heavy price. I call on the residents of Jerusalem and the country at large to be alert and, despite this difficult terror attack, to carry on with your daily routines and do not let terror win.” |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 2.03pm GMT | |
| 12.43pm GMT | 12.43pm GMT |
| 12:43 | 12:43 |
| Our correspondent in Jerusalem, Peter Beaumont, is on the scene and has been speaking to Leah Schreiber, a witness, who was leading a group of new soldiers on an orientation tour when the attack happened. | Our correspondent in Jerusalem, Peter Beaumont, is on the scene and has been speaking to Leah Schreiber, a witness, who was leading a group of new soldiers on an orientation tour when the attack happened. |
| “I was with a group of soldiers when a terrorist attacker drove into the solders,” she said. “People shouted ‘What’s happening’ and he reversed the truck.” | “I was with a group of soldiers when a terrorist attacker drove into the solders,” she said. “People shouted ‘What’s happening’ and he reversed the truck.” |
| The driver was shot dead. Groups of soldiers who had been on the orientation tour were sat on the ground as the bodies were removed. | The driver was shot dead. Groups of soldiers who had been on the orientation tour were sat on the ground as the bodies were removed. |
| Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said the truck veered off course and struck a group of soldiers who had just disembarked from a bus. | Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said the truck veered off course and struck a group of soldiers who had just disembarked from a bus. |
| “It is a terrorist attack, a ramming attack,” a police spokeswoman said on Israel Radio, which reported that bodies were “strewn on the street”. The report said the driver of the vehicle was shot. | “It is a terrorist attack, a ramming attack,” a police spokeswoman said on Israel Radio, which reported that bodies were “strewn on the street”. The report said the driver of the vehicle was shot. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 12.49pm GMT | at 12.49pm GMT |
| 12.42pm GMT | 12.42pm GMT |
| 12:42 | 12:42 |
| Three women and a man, all in their twenties, died in the attack, Jerusalem Post and other local media have reported. | Three women and a man, all in their twenties, died in the attack, Jerusalem Post and other local media have reported. |
| The crash took place at the Armon Hanatziv promenade, which overlooks the walled city. | The crash took place at the Armon Hanatziv promenade, which overlooks the walled city. |
| The truck reportedly hit a group of young people as they got off a coach. “About ten people were lying on the ground near the street. Some of them were trapped under the truck,” MDA paramedic Landay Sharon told the Jerusalem Post. | The truck reportedly hit a group of young people as they got off a coach. “About ten people were lying on the ground near the street. Some of them were trapped under the truck,” MDA paramedic Landay Sharon told the Jerusalem Post. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 12.48pm GMT | at 12.48pm GMT |
| 12.30pm GMT | 12.30pm GMT |
| 12:30 | 12:30 |
| The truck attack hit a group of soldiers, according to local news sources, the BBC reports. | The truck attack hit a group of soldiers, according to local news sources, the BBC reports. |
| The death toll has risen to four, Jerusalem Post reports, adding that police have said the presumed attacker has been “neutralised”. The paper shared photographs from social media showing a Mercedes vehicle with the windscreen riddled with bullets. | The death toll has risen to four, Jerusalem Post reports, adding that police have said the presumed attacker has been “neutralised”. The paper shared photographs from social media showing a Mercedes vehicle with the windscreen riddled with bullets. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 12.48pm GMT | at 12.48pm GMT |
| 12.25pm GMT | 12.25pm GMT |
| 12:25 | 12:25 |
| A truck has rammed into pedestrians in Jerusalem, reportedly killing four and injuring at least 15 in what a police spokeswoman has described as a terrorist attack. | A truck has rammed into pedestrians in Jerusalem, reportedly killing four and injuring at least 15 in what a police spokeswoman has described as a terrorist attack. |
| The incident took place on a popular promenade overlooking Old Jerusalem, leaving bodies “strewn on the street”, according to local radio. Nobody has yet claimed responsibility. | The incident took place on a popular promenade overlooking Old Jerusalem, leaving bodies “strewn on the street”, according to local radio. Nobody has yet claimed responsibility. |
| If it does turn out to be a terrorist attack, this will be the third to use this simple, hard to foil method in less than a year. | If it does turn out to be a terrorist attack, this will be the third to use this simple, hard to foil method in less than a year. |
| Last month Islamic State claimed responsibility for the truck attack on a Christmas market in Berlin, in which 12 were killed and scores of others injured. The man believed to have been at the wheel, Anis Amri, was later killed in a shootout in a Milan suburb. | Last month Islamic State claimed responsibility for the truck attack on a Christmas market in Berlin, in which 12 were killed and scores of others injured. The man believed to have been at the wheel, Anis Amri, was later killed in a shootout in a Milan suburb. |
| Isis also claimed to have directed the Bastille Day truck attack in Nice, which killed 84 people and injured over 200. | Isis also claimed to have directed the Bastille Day truck attack in Nice, which killed 84 people and injured over 200. |
| We’ll be following the situation as it develops. | We’ll be following the situation as it develops. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 2.04pm GMT |