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Five hurt as driver rams car into Jerusalem pedestrians
[Beirut Daily Star] A driver plowed into pedestrians in occupied Jerusalem Friday, injuring five people in an attack that further inflamed tensions a day after the Paleostinians vowed to halt security coordination with Israel.Israeli-Paleostinian relations have been severely strained by last year's war in the Gazoo Strip, violence in Jerusalem and Paleostinian moves to sue Israel for alleged war crimes. The Paleostinian threat to end security coordination ramped up pressure on Israel ahead of a general election this month, although President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial... has pledged to negotiate with whoever is elected. Friday's car ramming bore the hallmarks of a series of "lone wolf" attacks by Paleostinians in Jerusalem last year. "A young man rammed his car [into pedestrians], and then got out and tried to stab people," police spokeswoman Luba Samri said in a statement. Four Israeli border guards were among those hurt in the attack outside a security base. The driver was shot and seriously maimed by a security guard, police said. They said the suspect, in his 20s, was a resident of East Jerusalem. Relatives identified him as Mohammad Salaymeh from the Ras al-Amoud neighborhood. Posted by: Fred 2015-03-07 |
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