Israeli police: 2 killed, 5 injured in Jerusalem car-ramming
- Jerusalem: Palestinian plowed a car into a crowded bus stop in east Jerusalem on Friday, killing two people, including a six-year-old, and injuring five others before being shot and killed, Israeli police and medics said, the latest escalation as violence grips the contested capital.
- The car-ramming took place in Ramont, a Jewish settlement in east Jerusalem. Tensions have soared in the Israeli-annexed eastern half of the city, a Palestinian shooting attack outside a synagogue on January 27 that killed seven people in the deadliest attack in Jerusalem in over a decade.
- An off-duty detective shot and killed the suspected attacker at the scene, police added, identifying him as a Palestinian.