Terror in Yerushalyim: 7 Injured In Shooting Attack Near Kosel
Two people seriously injured in shooting attack at a bus near the Old City of Jerusalem. According to initial reports, two terrorists apparently fired at a bus and fled the scene • Full Story
Via Arutz Sheva
Two people were seriously injured in a shooting attack near the Old City of Jerusalem.
According to initial reports, two terrorists apparently fired at a bus and fled the scene.
According to MDA, the incident took place in two different location – on the HaShalom street near the Old City of Jerusalem, and at the entrance to the King David’s Tomb parking lot.
MDA medics and paramedics provided medical treatment to 7 gunshot victims, 6 men and a woman. 2 in serious condition, 5 in moderate and light condition.
Local residents are reporting seeing security forces searching for the terrorists in the East Jerusalem Silwan neighborhood.
Police is blocking the exits from the Western Wall plaza and the crowd is unable to leave the area.
MDA Senior EMT Nehemia Katz and MDA Paramedic David Trachtenberg said: “We were on scene very quickly. On Ma’ale Hashalom St. we saw a passenger bus standing in the middle of the road, bystanders called us to treat two males around 30 years old who were on the bus with gunshot wounds. They were fully conscious and walking with wounds to the upper body. We provided them with lifesaving treatment and were taken to hospital by MDA ambulances that had arrived at the scene.”
“From there we went to the King David’s Tomb parking area and found 4 males, one aged 50 and three aged 30, all fully conscious and with gunshot wounds. A few moments later the MDA ATV brought us another victim, a woman in her 30s with gunshot wounds. We provided lifesaving treatment to the victims and conveyed them urgently to hospitals, with 2 in serious condition and 5 in mild to moderate condition.”
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