Palestinian rams 5 Israelis in car attack

Jerusalem - A Palestinian rammed his car into a group of Israeli pedestrians near a border police station in east Jerusalem on Friday, injuring four officers and a bystander, police said.

He then lunged at security guards with a knife before being shot and wounded. Police spokesperson Luba Samri described the incident as a "terror attack."

Police identified the attacker as Mohammed Salaymeh, a 22-year-old Palestinian from east Jerusalem. A woman that Israeli Channel 2 TV identified as Salaymeh's mother justified the attack, saying it was "natural" that a young person would carry out such an attack because of tensions in Jerusalem.