Two people were killed by attackers Tuesday and at least 20 were wounded in two separate incidents in Jerusalem, Israeli authorities said.
Two attackers stabbed and shot people on a bus in a city neighborhood, killing a man thought to be around 60-years-old, the Jerusalem Post reported. Police said one of the attackers was killed and the other was wounded and was being treated by paramedics, according to the newspaper. Some 16 people were wounded and four were taken to hospital, one of them with serious injuries, it said.
Almost simultaneously, police said a driver rammed his car into a bus stop, exited the vehicle and began stabbing pedestrians, killing a person and wounding others, the Post reported. The attacker was shot dead.
The attacks, along with two other stabbings in the central Israeli city of Raanana, would mark the most serious series of incidents in a month-long wave of violence, the Associated Press reported.
Since the Jewish New Year last month, seven Israelis have been killed and dozens wounded in a shooting, a stoning and a number of stabbings, the AP said. At least 27 Palestinians been killed by Israeli fire, including 11 identified by Israel as attackers and the rest in clashes between stone-throwers and Israeli troops. Hundreds of Palestinians have also been wounded, the news agency reported.
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