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Published on 16 December 2015
French toddler among 11 injured in Jerusalem car-ramming Attack
Published in the Jerusalem Post December 15, 2015
Eleven israeli civilians were wounded – including a baby boy – in a vehicular terrorist attack carried out by an east Jerusalem Palestinian man near the Central Bus Station in Jerusalem on Thursday afternoon. Police shot dead the Palestinian assailant while he was still inside his car.
At approximately 3 p.m., the suspect, identified by Palestinian media as Abd al-Muhsam Hasuna, 24, of Beit Hanina, drove his vehicle into a large group of pedestrians waiting at a bus stop on Herzl Street, adjacent to the iconic Bridge of Strings, said Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld.
“Officers and security personnel patrolling the area responded immediately and neutralized the terrorist as he attempted to exit the car with an ax, killing him,” Rosenfeld said minutes following the attack. “Of the 11 injuries, one victim is a 68-yearold woman, and another is a one-and-a-half-year-old baby who was also seriously injured and taken to the hospital.” The toddler and his mother, who was also injured in the attack, are french. French Ambassador to Israel Patrick Maisonnave condemned the attack on Thursday.
Since the beginning of October 2015, car-ramming assaults and other terrorist attacks against israeli civilians have killed dozens and injured hundreds of innocents... Read more.