Amazing. A copycat attack, and I wouldn’t doubt it if you see this happen elsewhere in the world. These vehicles are certainly weapons, and with all of the construction projects going on in Iraq and Afghanistan involving these types of vehicles, this should certainly be of interest to project managers and site security managers. And as the story alludes to, you must insure that the guy is dead, or you have what happened last time a terrorist driver was shot and thought to be dead. It seems they did not mess around with this guy. -Head Jundi
An Israeli security force officer stands guard next to a front-end loader as the Palestinian driver sits dead in his seat at the scene of an attack in Jerusalem, Tuesday, July 22 2008. A Palestinian from East Jerusalem rammed a construction vehicle into three cars and a city bus in downtown Jerusalem on Tuesday, wounding four people before he was shot dead, in a chilling imitation of a similar attack that took place in the city earlier this month. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
Palestinian in construction truck rams cars
By LAURIE COPANS
JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian rammed a construction truck into three cars and a bus near the Jerusalem hotel where Barack Obama is supposed to stay Tuesday, injuring five people before an Israeli civilian shot and killed the attacker, police and witnesses said.
The attack was a chilling copycat of a similar incident earlier this month when another Palestinian plowed his front loader into a string of vehicles and pedestrians on a busy Jerusalem street about three miles away. Three people were killed in that attack and dozens were wounded before an off-duty soldier shot and killed the assailant.
