At least three people have been killed 44 others injured on Wednesday afternoon (local time) when a bulldozer driver went on a rampage in downtown Jerusalem. Police has said that the driver plowed his vehicle into two public buses, toppling them over, & slammed into several cars. The driver was shot dead by an elite policeman. He said that the incident was a terror attack.

Police emphasized that the terrorist was carrying an Israeli identity card & was a resident of east Jerusalem. Witnesses said the driver was killed after a brief struggle with two policemen. The attack, on the junction of Jaffa & Sha’arie Yisreal streets, set off a panic in the area. Dozens of people ran through the streets to flee the scene of the attack & a car was still stuck under the bulldozer.