The driver of a pickup truck deliberately crashed Wednesday bystanders then exited his vehicle to attack blows with an iron bar before being killed by the Israeli police.
According to several sources, including medical, police officer succumbed to his injuries. A dozen people were injured, some of them in critical condition.
The attack, which the Islamist movement Hamas welcomed, was conducted in mid-day on one of the main roads in Jerusalem, the road between West Jerusalem to East Jerusalem, the Palestinian side of the holy city occupied and annexed by Israel.
The alleged bomber was a Palestinian police said 38-year-old from the refugee camp in East Jerusalem Chouafat.
This is the second such attack in two weeks. On October 22, a Palestinian motorist killed two people by launching his vehicle against a tram station. He was shot by the police while trying to flee.
With AFP and Reuters
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