Terror Strikes Jerusalem, Three Killed And Over Thirty Wounded

In a terror attack in downtown Jerusalem Wednesday noon,  an east Jerusalem driver rammed his bulldozer into passing traffic hitting one bus and causing another bus to overturn and plowed into several vehicles before he was shot dead by a special police patrol unit. Three Israelis were killed aside from the terrorist and 46 wounded, some seriously.

The terrorist said to be in his thirties was  an east Jerusalem resident and the holder of an Israeli identity card which allows unrestricted movement inside Israel. According to initial reports he worked for the construction company building the capital's light rail system. Unconfirmed reports claimed he had intended to target the capital's Mahane Yehuda marketplace . This is not the first time an Israeli Arab resident has perpetrated attacks in the capital, earlier this year a terrorist from the east Jerusalem Jabel Mukaber neighborhood gunned down in cold blood 8 yeshiva students in the capital.07/02/08