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A bus and a number of cars were hit during the incident. Some cars were crushed and one was turned on its roof. Witnesses say an armed civilian first shot at the driver, before he was killed by border police.

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A Palestinian in a mechanical digger has rammed traffic in west Jerusalem, injuring at least 10 people before being shot dead, Israeli police say.

A bus and a number of cars were hit during the incident. Some cars were crushed and one was turned on its roof.

Witnesses say an armed civilian first shot at the driver, before he was killed by border police.

Three weeks ago a Palestinian man went on a deadly rampage in a heavy vehicle in Jerusalem, killing three Israelis.

A BBC correspondent says it is thought the 2 July attacker was simply a disturbed man without political motivation - but Israelis will worry Tuesday’s incident was a copycat attack and that this could now be a new tactic.

Gunshots

The latest attack took place in a busy part of central West Jerusalem, close to the King David Hotel where US presidential candidate Barack Obama will be arriving within hours.

“I was going home when I saw the tractor going into a bus four or five times. All the windows of the bus exploded,” said a 16-year-old Israeli at the scene.

“Then I saw the tractor going down the street pushing cars. I saw more people running and after two minutes I heard two or three gunshots,” Yohanan Levine added.

A driver interviewed by Israeli TV said his car was rammed twice by the front shovel of the digger and only just managed to swerve to avoid a third charge aimed at his head.

Photographs of the immediate aftermath show the driver’s body slumped in the cab and at least eight bullet holes in the glass next to him.

Israeli police called it a “terror attack”, although there was no immediate claim of responsibility by any Palestinian militant organisation.

Police said the driver a Palestinian from east Jerusalem with an Israeli residency permit.bbc

, Voice of a Nation

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