Baby killed as Palestinian drives car into crowded railway station

A Palestinian with a history of anti-Israel violence slammed his car into a crowded railway station in Jerusalem, killing a three-month-old baby girl and wounding eight people in what police called a terror attack.
By The Newsroom
Published 23rd Oct 2014, 18:43 BST

The girl and her parents, who were injured in the attack, were US citizens, said Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat.

The violence came after months of tensions between Jews and Palestinians in east Jerusalem – the section of the city the Palestinians demand as their future capital. The area has experienced unrest and near-daily attacks on the city’s light rail by Palestinian youths since a wave of violence over the summer, capped by a 50-day war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

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The car struck the station near the national headquarters of Israel’s police force. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the driver got out of the car and tried to flee before he was shot by a police officer.

He said footage captured by security cameras showed the car turning out of moving traffic and heading straight into the station, accelerating while ploughing through several rows of people. The baby later died of her injuries.

“She is a pure baby girl who hasn’t done anything bad to anyone,” Shimshon Halperin, the girl’s grandfather, who is Israeli.

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