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Suspected car ramming attack near Jerusalem leaves at least 10 injured

Published January 8th, 2017 - 01:24 GMT
Israeli security forces gather around a flatbed truck at the site of a ramming attack in Jerusalem on January 8, 2017. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)
Israeli security forces gather around a flatbed truck at the site of a ramming attack in Jerusalem on January 8, 2017. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)

At least ten people were wounded Saturday afternoon when a truck rammed into pedestrians at the illegal Israeli settlement of East Talpiyyot in the Jerusalem district of the occupied West Bank.

Some Israeli websites reported that three to four people have been killed.
 
Israel's emergency medical service Magen David Adom said in an initial statement that paramedics were treated 10 individuals, two of which were suffering from severe injuries.
 
Israeli police spokeswoman Luba al-Samri told Israeli news site Ynet called the incident a deliberate attack, and said it occurred at a Israeli military station for soldiers. 
 
Israeli media sites reported that at least 15 soldiers were injured. An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma'an they were looking into the case to confirm the details and whether or not those injured were civilians or soldiers.
 
East Talpiyyot is also known as Harmon HaNatziv, and is located just west of the Palestinian neighborhood of Jabal al-Mukabbir.

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