Two Palestinian gunmen have killed six people, while eight others were wounded in one of the deadliest shooting attacks in Jerusalem in the past few years.
According to Israeli police, “two terrorists arrived in a vehicle” and opened fire towards a bus stop at Ramot Junction, in Jerusalem’s northern outskirts. An off-duty soldier and a civilian returned fire, “neutralising” the attackers, the Police added.
Those killed are identified as five men, aged between 25 and 79, and a 60-year-old woman, while two of the wounded are in serious condition according to local hospital sources.
Although Hamas praised the attack, there is no immediate claim from any armed groups.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the scene, during which he told reporters that Israel was in “an intense war against terrorism on several fronts.”
“We are now engaged in pursuit and are cordoning off the villages from which the murderers came. We will apprehend whoever aided and dispatched them, and we will take even stronger steps,” the Prime Minister added.
The Israeli military said soldiers were encircling Palestinian villages on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Ramallah to “thwart terrorism and strengthen the defence effort.”
