Israel police shoot dead Palestinian driver after he rams car into Jerusalem pedestrians, kills one

Wednesday, 5 November 2014 - 7:27pm IST | Place: JERUSALEM | Agency: Reuters Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Reddit Reuters A Palestinian rammed his car into pedestrians in central Jerusalem on Wednesday in the second attack of its kind in two weeks, killing one person and fuelling concerns of another Palestinian uprising. The driver, who was shot dead by police, was identified by an Israeli security official as Ibrahim Akari from East Jerusalem, and the militant Islamist group Hamas claimed responsibility for what it termed "the heroic running-over operation". With tensions soaring in Jerusalem over access to a compound housing Islam's...