Israel Border Police shot at a car after it began accelerating at them outside of a-Ram outside east Jerusalem in the early hours of Wednesday morning. One man inside the car was killed while another was moderately wounded and has been evacuated to the hospital.
A third occupant of the vehicle has been arrested and taken in for questioning.
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Illegal weapons facility discovered in the town of a-Ram (Photo: IDF Spokespersons Unit)
(צילום: דובר צה״ל)
The attempted ramming attack occured at approximately 3:30am as Israeli security forces were dismantling an illegal weapons production facility in the village of a-Ram.
Home made weapons have been featured in many attacks during the recent wave of terror, including in the Sarona Market attack andthe killing of Border Policewoman Hadar Cohen