The Israeli authorities said they had arrested two men in Jerusalem on Monday after a vehicle was used to ram into pedestrians, injuring at least three people, in what police called a terror attack.
Video of the attack broadcast on Israel’s Channel 12 shows a car speeding around a sharp corner and ramming into a group of people, who went flying over the top of the vehicle. Pictures shared on social media by the police show a white sedan that had crashed into another car on a small street.
After hitting the pedestrians, the vehicle appears to crash into a parked car, according to the video. Two young men then run out onto the street, pointing weapons, before fleeing the area.
The police said the two men were arrested in a nearby store that was closed, and that a weapon used in the attack had been recovered.
It was the latest attack in Jerusalem in recent months, since Israeli forces went to war against Hamas in Gaza. Last month, a 15-year-old boy stabbed two Israelis at a checkpoint at the entrance to Jerusalem. In November, a shooter killed three Israelis at an entrance to the city, and a fourth Israeli who opened fire on the assailant was killed by Israeli soldiers who mistook him for a participant in the attack.
On Monday, video posted online by Channel 12 after the arrest shows men being led away by law enforcement officers as a crowd of ultra-Orthodox Jews, some standing on rooftops, clap and cheer.
