Six Dead as Gunmen Open Fire at Jerusalem Bus Stop

Two Palestinian gunmen unleashed a barrage of gunfire at a bus stop on the edge of Jerusalem on Monday, claiming the lives of six individuals in what authorities labeled a “terrorist attack.” 

Dashcam video captured the chaos at Ramot Junction, depicting bystanders scrambling away from a stationary bus amid the crack of gunfire. 

According to Israel Police, both assailants were swiftly neutralized and killed on-site by a responding soldier and an armed civilian.

“Suddenly I hear the shots starting … I felt like I was running for an eternity,” Ester Lugasi, who was injured in the attack, told Israeli TV from hospital. “I thought I was going to die.”

The ambulance service identified the five of the victims as a 50-year-old man, a woman in her fifties and three men in their thirties. It said six others were in serious condition with gunshot wounds. Police said more than 20 people were injured.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said later a sixth person had died and that the gunmen were Palestinians from the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

In a later statement by the Israeli military on Monday, the Chief of the General Staff, Eyal Zamir was quoted as saying that he had ordered a full closure of the area from which the gunmen came.

Spain’s foreign ministry said a Spanish citizen was among those killed and condemned the attack. France, the EU and the United Arab Emirates also issued statements of condemnation.

“A painful and difficult morning. Innocent civilians, women, men, and children were brutally murdered and wounded in cold blood on a bus in Jerusalem by vile and evil terrorists,” Israeli President Isaac Herzog said while commenting on the attack.

Reuters