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Palestinian driver arrested by Israel police over alleged car-ramming

Wednesday 2-May-2018

A Palestinian driver was arrested by Israeli policemen on Wednesday morning allegedly after he tried to ram his car into a police patrol in al-Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in Occupied Jerusalem.

Israeli police claimed a Palestinian driver attempted to hit Israeli officers deployed at a bus station in Occupied Jerusalem. No injuries were reported in the attempted car-ramming attack.

Israeli police opened an investigation into the alleged attack and chased down a vehicle which they claimed had run away from the scene. A set of military checkpoints was pitched in the process.

Israeli news outlets said the driver was arrested along with another Palestinian accompanying him in Occupied Jerusalem. Both are being subjected to intensive questioning.

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