Terrorist attempts to snatch soldier's gun on bus, shot dead

  • 9 years ago
A terrorist attempted to snatch a soldier's weapon on a Jerusalem bus on Monday evening before another passenger tried to overpower him; he was ultimately shot dead by police.
Shortly after 8:30pm, reports emerged of a Palestinian who tried to snatch a soldier's gun on a 185 line bus in Jerusalem.
A large number of security forces arrived at the scene, and it soon became clear that the terrorist, who also stabbed and lightly wounded two others, had been killed by police fire.
According to police, the terrorist attempted to snatch the gun, and when he failed to do so, he tried to choke the soldier and lightly wounded him with a knife.