Palestinian killed after ramming Israelis

A motorist has rammed into a bus stop in Jerusalem injuring at least nine people before being shot dead, Israeli police say, in what appears to be latest in a surge of Palestinian street attacks.

 Israeli police examine a car used in a vehicular attack in Jerusalem Monday, Dec. 14, 2015. A Palestinian rammed his car into a bus station wounding nine people before he was shot and killed by bystanders, police said. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Israeli police examine a car used in a vehicular attack in Jerusalem Monday, Dec. 14, 2015. A Palestinian rammed his car into a bus station wounding nine people before he was shot and killed by bystanders, police said. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean) Source: AAP

The casualties from Monday's incident near the western entrance to the city, leading to the Tel Aviv highway, included one person who was in serious condition and a baby, medics said.

Police described the motorist as a "terrorist" but did not immediately elaborate on his identity.

Israel's Army Radio said he was shot dead by a bus stop guard.

Israeli forces have killed at least 109 Palestinians, most of whom the army described as assailants.

Palestinians are frustrated at the failure of long-running peace efforts with Israel and its 48-year occupation of the West Bank.

Many sympathise with calls by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas for Israel's destruction.

The bloodshed has also been fuelled by Muslim opposition to stepped-up Israeli access to Jerusalem's al Aqsa mosque complex, which many Jews revere as a vestige of their biblical temples.


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