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| Gunmen kill five people at Jerusalem bus stop | Gunmen kill five people at Jerusalem bus stop |
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| Four men and a woman killed and at least 11 others injured in attack at Ramot intersection | Four men and a woman killed and at least 11 others injured in attack at Ramot intersection |
| Middle East crisis – live updates | Middle East crisis – live updates |
| Two gunmen have killed five people and injured at least 11 others in an attack at a road junction in Jerusalem. | Two gunmen have killed five people and injured at least 11 others in an attack at a road junction in Jerusalem. |
| The attackers opened fire towards a bus stop at the Ramot intersection, and were shot dead by a police officer and an armed civilian, Israeli police said. | The attackers opened fire towards a bus stop at the Ramot intersection, and were shot dead by a police officer and an armed civilian, Israeli police said. |
| Images shared on social media appeared to show a Carlo submachine gun discarded at the scene. | Images shared on social media appeared to show a Carlo submachine gun discarded at the scene. |
| These weapons can be crudely manufactured in small metal shops, and models produced by gunsmiths in the West Bank have been used in attacks by Palestinians on Israelis. | These weapons can be crudely manufactured in small metal shops, and models produced by gunsmiths in the West Bank have been used in attacks by Palestinians on Israelis. |
| The victims were a man and woman in their 50s and three men in their 30s, Israeli emergency services reported, adding that 11 other people had suffered injuries, including six who were in a serious condition with gunshot wounds. | |
| The Palestinian militant group Hamas praised two Palestinian “resistance fighters” who it said had carried out the attack but it stopped short of claiming responsibility. Islamic Jihad, another Palestinian militant group, also praised the shooting but did not claim responsibility for it. | |
| The prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said he was conducting a security assessment after the attack. | The prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said he was conducting a security assessment after the attack. |
| The Israeli leader will not testify at his corruption trial as originally scheduled, according to media reports in Israel. | |
| The Ramot junction is located in a part of Jerusalem that Israel captured in the 1967 war and later annexed in a move that the UN and most countries do not recognise. The Israeli military said it had deployed soldiers to the area and were aiding police in the search for suspects. | |
| Soldiers were also operating in areas of Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank to conduct interrogations and “thwart terrorism”, it said. | |
| More details soon … | More details soon … |