ISRAEL — (Scroll down for video) — A terrorist stabbed a woman in her 50s at the Jerusalem Central Bus Station, Wednesday afternoon, injuring her moderately.
He then ran to get on a bus at the number 68 bus stop. Thankfully, the driver saw the knife being pulled out as he was about to board the bus and closed the doors in his face. At this point persons began chasing the terrorist, realizing what was taking place.
A Israeli commando and an armed civilian shot and killed the terrorist. A number of people sustained light injuries from running for cover, falling or striking objects in the panic.
The wounded woman was transported to Shaare Zedek Medical Center.
The ISA (Israel Security Agency – Shin Bet) adds the terrorist has been identified as 23-year-old Ahmed Shaaben, from Ras el-Amud, one of the areas where security forces placed concrete barriers to check those coming and going from the Arab area in the Jerusalem district. He was imprisoned in Israel for his terrorist activities from 2012-2015.
In the attached video, one can see panic inside the Central Bus Terminal as people claimed they saw a second terrorist run inside. Dozens of heavily armed IDF Soldiers, Police officers and special commandos swarmed the building until it was determined that the terrorist had acted alone.
