A malfunction on improvised submachine guns likely prevented a massacre in Jerusalem on Monday. Two 17-year-old teenagers injured three passers-by with their car in the Romema district and then tried to open fire. However, they failed miserably.
Surveillance video reportedly showed the incident near the central bus station. It shows: Two men drive a white car into a small group of people. They then lose control of the vehicle and crash into a parked car.
They then leave the vehicle to shoot at fleeing people. Local police report that the weapons were homemade submachine guns. The recording shows that the teenagers are experiencing a charging failure.
The described scene of a surveillance camera:
According to police, the suspected perpetrators left their dysfunctional weapons at the crime scene. The men were tracked down and arrested near the scene of the attack. They are said to have hidden in a closed shop in northwest Jerusalem. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports that the two are 17-year-olds from the West Bank.
Dozens of people gathered at the crime scene and point of arrest. The suspected perpetrators had to be led away by a crowd, journalists recorded (see photo above). According to Israeli media, all victims are in stable health. According to Magen David Adom emergency services, two people were taken to hospital for treatment after the attack, including a young man with head injuries.
Dispute over Jerusalem
Terrorist attacks occur regularly in the city and the lines of conflict go back decades. Palestinians want East Jerusalem, home to holy sites for Muslims, Jews and Christians, to become the capital of their state.
Israel, on the other hand, has declared that Jerusalem must remain its “indivisible and eternal” capital. Israel’s claim to the eastern part of Jerusalem is not internationally recognized. Former US President Donald Trump broke a taboo when he recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in 2018 and moved the US embassy there. Since the Hamas massacre on October 7, terrorist attacks in the city have increased again.
Source: Krone
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