TEL AVIV, Israel, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- At least one Palestinian gunman opened fire at a civilian Israeli bus in Jerusalem, Sunday, injuring several people. A gunman was killed, at least 16 passengers were injured, and police and soldiers are searching the area following reports that two accomplices fled towards a neighboring Palestinian village.
The incident occurred at about 4 p.m. at the French Hill junction that intersects the Jerusalem-Ramallah road with a road linking West Jerusalem with the Jordan Valley.
The attack targeted a number 25 bus and injured at least 16 people, according to the Magen David Adom ambulance service.
The commander of the Jerusalem Police, Major General Mikki Levy, said a Border Policeman and a soldier killed one attacker.
However a man who identified himself only as "Marcus," a resident of the settlement of Mitzpeh Yericho, who was driving near the bus said he saw a gunman fire. "I got out of the car, emptied my (pistol's) magazine and he fell." Two soldiers then came and fired their M-16s, he said.
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