Israeli policemen inspect a car wreck in Jerusalem October 22, 2014. [Photo/China Daily via agencies] |
A Palestinian man slammed a car into a crowded rail station in Jerusalem, killing an infant and injuring seven other people on Wednesday, in a suspected "terror attack," police said.
Asi Aharoni, a spokesperson for the Jerusalem district police, said that at approximately 18:00 (15:00 GMT), a motorist on a private car hit pedestrians near a light rail station in Jerusalem. "The suspect tried to flee the area on foot, but a policeman identified him and shot and wounded him," Aharoni said.
The suspect was taken to hospital in "a fatal condition," a spokesperson with Magen David Adom, Israel's Red Cross, told Xinhua.
The police said the perpetrator's car belong to a Palestinian resident of Silwan, a Palestinian neighborhood of east Jerusalem. Channel 10 identified the man as Abdelrahman A-Shuldi, a 21-year old Hamas member who served time in Israeli prison for "security offenses."
The attack wounded eight people, including a three-month old baby who later succumbed to her wounds and died, the Hadassah hospital said in a statement.
Following the incident, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held "a security consultation" with the Minister of Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch, Police Commissioner Insp.-Gen. Yohanan Danino and Israel Security Service (Shin Bet) Director Yoram Cohen. Netanyahu ordered that security forces in Jerusalem should be reinforced.
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