Four people were killed and five were wounded Thursday, one of them seriously, in a terror shooting attack claimed by Hamas at the entrance to Al-Quds, police and medics said, Report informs, citing The Times of Israel.
One of those killed was a civilian who fired at the terrorists and was mistaken by other responders for one of the shooters.
According to police, at around 7:40 a.m., two Palestinian gunmen got out of a vehicle on Weizmann Boulevard at the main entrance to the capital and opened fire at people at a bus stop.
Police said two off-duty soldiers and an armed civilian in the area returned fire, killing the two terrorists. Both soldiers had been on a break from fighting in the Gaza Strip and were heading back to the front line when the attack occurred.
Footage from the attack showed the off-duty soldiers approaching and shooting at the gunmen as they attempted to return to their car. The armed civilian, Castleman, was seen approaching the terrorists’ car from the other side of the road and also shooting at the terrorists.