Attack injures 5 near Obama's Jerusalem hotel

Attack injures 5 near Obama

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The driver of a backhoe was shot and killed after driving the construction machine over a number of vehicles near the Jerusalem hotel where Sen. Barack Obama is scheduled to stay Tuesday night, according to police.

Israeli police identified the driver as a Palestinian from East Jerusalem.

The construction vehicle struck several other vehicles, including a No. 13 city bus, before an Israeli border policeman and a civilian shot and killed the driver, an Israeli government statement said.

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[edit on 7/22/08 by Cyprex]

An attack exactly like this happened 2 weeks ago.

Im sure the attack had nothing to do with Obama, but what interests me the most...

"a civilian shot and killed the driver"

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[edit on 7/22/08 by Cyprex]