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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Lucy Pasha-Robinson

Jerusalem truck ramming was 'terrorist attack', confirms Israeli police

Israeli police have confirmed a truck that rammed into pedestrians in Jerusalem killing four and injuring at least 15 was a "terrorist attack." 

"It is a terrorist attack, a ramming attack," a police spokeswoman said on Israel Radio, which reported that bodies were "strewn on the street".

According to local media, the driver accelerated into soldiers exiting a city bus at the popular Armon HaNatziv promenade in south Jerusalem. 

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