Teenager arrested

Jamming prevents massacre in Jerusalem

The weapons were apparently improvised machine guns.(Bild: OSINT, Krone KREATIV)

A jammed improvised submachine gun probably prevented a bloodbath in Jerusalem on Monday. Two 17-year-old teenagers injured three passers-by with their car in the Romema district, after which they tried to open fire. However, they failed miserably.

A surveillance video is said to show the incident near the central bus station. It shows: Two men drive a white car into a small group of people. They then lose control of the vehicle and crash into a parked car. 

They then leave the vehicle to shoot at the fleeing people. The local police department reports that the weapons were homemade submachine guns. The recording shows the teenagers struggling with a jammed round.

The scene described from a surveillance camera:

The men were unable to fire a shot.(Bild: OSINT, Krone KREATIV)

According to the police, the alleged perpetrators left their malfunctioning weapons at the scene. The men were tracked down and arrested near the scene of the attack. They are said to have been hiding in a closed store in north-west Jerusalem. They are said to be two 17-year-olds from the West Bank, reports the Israeli newspaper "Haaretz".

One of the alleged perpetrators is being taken away.(Bild: AFP)

According to the police, no people were killed in the terrorist attack.(Bild: AFP)

Ultra-Orthodox Jews gathered at the scene.(Bild: AFP)

Two men were arrested.(Bild: AP)

Dozens of people gathered at the scene of the crime and at the point of arrest. The suspected perpetrators had to be led away by a crowd of people, as journalists captured (see picture above). According to Israeli media, the health of all the victims is stable. According to the Magen David Adom ambulance service, two people were taken to hospital for treatment after the attack, including a young man with a head injury.

Dispute over Jerusalem
Terrorist attacks occur regularly in the city, and the lines of conflict go back decades. The Palestinians want East Jerusalem, where holy sites for Muslims, Jews and Christians are located, to become the capital of their state.

Israel, on the other hand, has declared that Jerusalem should remain its "indivisible and eternal" capital. Israel's claim to the eastern part of Jerusalem is not recognized internationally. Former US President Donald Trump broke a taboo when he recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital in 2018 and moved the US embassy there. Since the Hamas massacre on October 7, there has been an increase in terrorist attacks in the city.