The attackers open fire on the bus in Jerusalem, killing several people in deadly attack

At least five people were killed and more than a dozen were injured after a group of attackers opened fire on a bus in Jerusalem on Monday morning, the paramedical paramedics said.

The shooting took place at an animated intersection in northern Jerusalem, on a road which leads to Jewish colonies located in East Jerusalem.

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The Israeli media reported that the two attackers went on a bus and opened fire. Paramedical paramedics said that 15 other people had been injured and six are in serious condition.

Police said two attackers had been “neutralized” shortly after the shooting start but had not published additional information on the identity of the attackers.

The paramedical paramedics who responded to the scene said that the region was chaotic and covered with broken glass, with injured and unconscious people on the road and a sidewalk near the bus stop.

The deadly attack occurs while the current war in Gaza has approached two years since the October 7 massacre. The war in Gaza sparked a wave of violence in the West Bank occupied by Israeli and Israel. Palestinian activists have attacked and killed Israelis in Israel and the West Bank, when there was also an increase in the violence of the colonists against the Palestinians.

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A position on X of the official account of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he “held an assessment with the heads of the Establishment of Security following the attack in Jerusalem”.

It is a story in development. Come back for updates.

Yael Rotem-Kuriel of Fox News and the Associated Press contributed to this report.