Brutal terror attack just outside Jerusalem’s Old City in the pre-dawn hours of Sunday around 1:00 am local time (3:30 a.m IST), officials said. Seven people were hurt, including two in critical conditions, in a shooting near Western Wall among those wounded in the attack included a 35-year-old pregnant woman who was shot while sitting in a nearby car.
The visual from the scenes
Shaare Zedek hospital said she had undergone emergency childbirth and that the newborn was in serious but stable condition after she has been shot by the suspect gunman while she was inside the car, her abdomen injury was described by doctors as “complex” and her life was said to be in danger according to Hebrew reports.
A tourist from the United States was also among those who undergo attack on Sunday, reportedly four members of a Satmar Hasidic family. The parents, son and daughter were waiting for a taxi at a bus stop when they were shot near King David’s Tomb. The family’s father was said to be in serious condition, sedated and on a respirator, while the mother was in moderate condition.
“The bus was full, jam-packed. I stopped at a bus stop at King David’s Tomb and then I heard gunfire, people started yelling, people were hurt inside the bus,” the bus driver, Daniel Kanievsky, told Hebrew media outlets.
Searching for the culprits
The suspect gunman had reportedly waited for the bus’s arrival and fired the shots while passengers were boarding, before fleeing on foot to the Silwan neighbourhood, where police were conducting an extensive search throughout the night.
After the attack video circulated on social media saying, Palestinian celebrating the attacks in Jerusalem.
