Driver rams bulldozer into bus killing two

JERUSALEM – A Palestinian bulldozer operator went on a deadly rampage on a busy Jerusalem street yesterday, plowing into a string of vehicles and pedestrians, killing at least two people and wounding dozens of others before he was shot dead by police.

The attack wreaked havoc and left a large swath of damage in the heart of downtown Jerusalem. Traffic was halted, and hundreds of people fled through the streets in panic as medics treated the wounded.There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but Israeli police referred to the attacker as a “terrorist.”Israel’s national rescue service confirmed two deaths, although local TV reported four dead.Police spokesman Shmuel Ben-Ruby said the man was an Arab from east Jerusalem and had a criminal background.Many Jerusalem Arabs work in the construction industry, possibly helping the attacker to easily gain control of a bulldozer.About two-thirds of Jerusalem’s 700 000 residents are Jews, and the rest are Palestinians who came under Israeli control when Israel captured their part of the city in 1967.Nampa-APTraffic was halted, and hundreds of people fled through the streets in panic as medics treated the wounded.There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but Israeli police referred to the attacker as a “terrorist.”Israel’s national rescue service confirmed two deaths, although local TV reported four dead.Police spokesman Shmuel Ben-Ruby said the man was an Arab from east Jerusalem and had a criminal background.Many Jerusalem Arabs work in the construction industry, possibly helping the attacker to easily gain control of a bulldozer.About two-thirds of Jerusalem’s 700 000 residents are Jews, and the rest are Palestinians who came under Israeli control when Israel captured their part of the city in 1967.Nampa-AP