{"id":282894,"date":"2017-01-08T12:44:42","date_gmt":"2017-01-08T12:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=282894"},"modified":"2017-01-08T12:44:42","modified_gmt":"2017-01-08T12:44:42","slug":"jerusalem-attack-four-dead-after-lorry-driver-rams-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=282894","title":{"rendered":"Jerusalem attack: Four dead after lorry driver rams soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Four people have died In Jerusalem after a suspected terrorist rammed a lorry into a group of soldiers, Israeli police say.<\/p>\n<p>Medics said three women and one man were killed and 15 people were injured.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is a terrorist attack, a ramming attack,&#8221; a police spokeswoman said on Israel radio.<\/p>\n<p>A bus driver who witnessed the incident told the station that the driver ploughed into the group before reversing over victims.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the attacker was shot by soldiers from the group but it was not immediately clear if the suspect was dead.<\/p>\n<p>Images shared on social media showed a lorry with bullet holes riddled across the windscreen.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli radio and TV reports said the attacker was a Palestinian.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/D3E1\/production\/_93314245_mediaitem93314244.jpg\" alt=\"Israeli security and rescue forces work at the scene of a truck ramming incident in Jerusalem January 8, 2017.\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><span class=\"story-image-copyright\">REUTERS<\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"media-caption__text\">The attack took place on a popular promenade<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/1091\/production\/_93314240_mediaitem93314239.jpg\" alt=\"Israeli security forces gather around a flatbed truck at the site of a ramming attack in Jerusalem on January 8, 2017.\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><span class=\"story-image-copyright\">AFP<\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"media-caption__text\">Police said the driver veered off the road into a group of soldiers<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The attack took place on a popular promenade overlooking the walled Old City of Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p>Thirty-five Israelis been killed in a wave of knife, gun and car-ramming attacks by Palestinians or Israeli Arabs since October 2015.<\/p>\n<p>More than 200 Palestinians &#8211; mostly attackers, Israel says &#8211; have also been killed in that period.<\/p>\n<p>Israel says Palestinian incitement has fuelled the attacks. The Palestinian leadership has blamed frustration rooted in decades of Israeli occupation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four people have died In Jerusalem after a suspected terrorist rammed a lorry into a group of soldiers, Israeli police say. Medics said three women and one man were killed and 15 people were injured. &#8220;It is a terrorist attack, a ramming attack,&#8221; a police spokeswoman said on Israel radio. 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