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Fearing terrorist attack, cop fires at Palestinian who stole tractor in Modi'in
By Roni Singer-Heruti, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: September 11, Israel, Modi'in, Israel

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Police suspect the driver was a Palestinian from the West Bank who wanted to steal the tractor. They do not believe that he was intending to carry out a terrorist attack.

In July, a Palestinian from East Jerusalem deliberately plowed a bulldozer he was driving into a passenger bus on Jaffa Street in the capital, killing three people and wounding dozens more before he was shot and killed by an Israeli bystander.

A few weeks later, a Palestinian bulldozer driver went on a rampage in downtown Jerusalem, wounding at least 24 people, just weeks after a similar attack in the capital left three dead.

The driver was identified as a 22-year-old resident of East Jerusalem who held an Israeli ID card
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  1.   So called Palestinians 18:23  |  pamela 02/09/08
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