#MDA: summary of #Jerusaelm #terror attack: 4 dead, 3 severely injured, 1 moderaly-severly, 9 lightly. Evacuated to Shaare Zedek & Hadassah
— Magen David Adom (@Mdais) 8 января 2017 г.
According to The Times of Israel newspaper, the truck, coming from an Arab neighborhood, rammed into a group of soldiers getting off a bus. Israeli police believe it was a deliberate attack; the investigation is underway.
#Jerusalem: A video from a #MDA #MICU dashboard camera, moments after the attack. #SavingLives #Israel #IsraelNews pic.twitter.com/zsWiqQImhz
— Magen David Adom (@Mdais) 8 января 2017 г.
#Update: Three Israeli soldiers killed & 13 injured after Palestinian terrorist plow his truck to them at #Jerusalem. pic.twitter.com/Gs7jqSYDpj
— Aüd™ (@CodeAud) 8 января 2017 г.
"It is a terrorist attack, a ramming attack," an Israeli police spokeswoman told Israel Radio.
Israel Radio reported that the driver of the truck was shot dead. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that all signs suggest that the driver of the truck supported Daesh terrorist group.
"We know the identity of the attacker, according to all the signs he is a supporter of Islamic State [Daesh]. We have sealed off Jabel Mukabar, the neighbourhood from where he came, and we are carrying out other actions which I will not detail," Netanyahu said as quoted by Reuters.
#BREAKING: 4 murdered, 10+ injured in a #Palestinian ramming attack using a truck in #Jerusalem; terrorist shot pic.twitter.com/Cu4SqEohO5
— Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) 8 января 2017 г.
🆘‼️🔥 #Israel: Terror attack in #Jerusalem. Truck drives into crowd. Kill and injured civilians and soldiers. pic.twitter.com/RMOzRxBKu7
— Onlinemagazin (@OnlineMagazin) 8 января 2017 г.
According to local media, the attack was supposedly carried out by a Palestinian person and targeted IDF soldiers. Jerusalem Post reported citing police that the suspected attacker was a Palestinian from east Jerusalem. According to police, he had an Israeli driver's license.
Ynetnews reported citing sources that the suspected attacker's name is Fadi al-Qanbar, who was released from prison in east Jerusalem.
Reported picture of Jerusalem attacker Fadi al-Qanbar, 28, from Jabal Mukabbar Jerusalem https://t.co/YjBTI0XvOi
— Dov Lieber (@DovLieber) 8 января 2017 г.
Arab #terrorist truck attack, #Jerusalem. 3 IDF dead, 1 IDF critical, 6 serious, 15 light. Soldiers from officers course from Gedud Erez. pic.twitter.com/VOqU2T7k2M
— Israel News Online (@IsraelNewsOrg) 8 января 2017 г.
#BREAKING: #Palestinian Ramming attack in #Jerusalem using a Truck; atleast 15 injured. pic.twitter.com/gLKkAbU5e7
— Aüd™ (@CodeAud) 8 января 2017 г.
The victims of this terror ramming attack are Israeli soldiers who were getting off a tour bus for a gathering at the tayelet
— ERH Jerusalem (@ERHinJerusalem) 8 января 2017 г.
#Breakung: Fadi Qanbr, Palestinian youth, run over 4 Israelis in #Jerusalem. #Israel #Hamas #Fatah pic.twitter.com/MPPhwP6emT
— Abdulla Hamarna-Gaza (@abdullahamarna) 8 января 2017 г.
Ambulances have already arrived at the site.
Scene of the truck ramming in #Jerusalem courtesy of @Mdais pic.twitter.com/2SV9gY5AI4
— Merav Savir (@Merav_Savir) 8 января 2017 г.
MDA rescue vehicles evacuating patients to Shaarei Tzedek hospital pic.twitter.com/SsF0C0bKak
— Magen David Adom (@Mdais) 8 января 2017 г.
#MDA #paramedics are still deployed on the scene in #Jerusalem, risking their own lives to #SaveLives of others!
— Magen David Adom (@Mdais) 8 января 2017 г.
Watch how they do it: pic.twitter.com/RmipnaxWxS
Austrian Foreign Minister and current OSCE Chairman Sebastian Kurz has already condemned the attack.
