Baby among 11 hurt in car-ramming attack at Jerusalem bus stop

Published December 14, 2015

Israeli security personnel at the scene where a Palestinian driver rammed his car into a bus stop injuring about 13 people who were waiting there, on Herzl Boulevard at the entrance to the city of Jerusalem, Dec. 14, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

The scene of a car-ramming attack by a Palestinian driver at a Jerusalem bus stop that injured 11 people waiting there, Dec. 14, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

JERUSALEM (JTA) — A baby was among 11 people injured in a car-ramming attack by a Palestinian driver at a Jerusalem bus stop.

The 18-month-old boy and an elderly woman were moderately injured on Monday afternoon when the driver slammed his car into people waiting at the stop near the Chords Bridge, at the western entrance to the city. Nine others were lightly injured.

The driver, identified as a 21-year-old man from eastern Jerusalem, was shot and killed by an armed civilian identified as a security guard, according to reports.

The car also struck a fire hydrant, causing water to flood the area. An axe was found in the car, according to police.