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Two policemen hurt in bulldozer terror attack in Jerusalem
By Haaretz Staff and News Agencies
Tags: Israel News, Jerusalem 

Two police officers were lightly wounded in Jerusalem Thursday afternoon when an Arab bulldozer driver overturned their police car and rammed it into a bus, before being shot by police and a taxi driver. He later died of his wounds.

The attack occurred around 1 P.M. near the Malha shopping mall, on Menachem Begin Boulevard in southern Jerusalem.

Police said that a copy of the Koran had been found in the bulldozer after the attack, and that the driver had not been carrying any identification.
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Israel Police and local residents later identified the man as Marei Radaydeh, a West Bank construction worker in his mid-20s who lived with his family in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina. Radaydeh was married and had a daughter.

The bulldozer attack was the fourth of its kind over the past year. Police sources said this showed Israel has not established suitable deterrence.

Police officer Eldad Bin Nun said he fired 15 rounds at Radaydeh before he collapsed. Two more officers then arrived, as did a taxi driver, and they also opened fire.

The cabbie said he began chasing Radaydeh when he saw the attack begin.

Eyewitness Shuli Cohen said that Radaydeh had used the bulldozer's front blade to flip the police car. Witnesses described seeing the bulldozer speeding along the highway, dragging the police car and sending it flying into the air. The two officers inside were lightly hurt.

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat called for the demolition of Radaydeh's home ¬ a tactic that has drawn international criticism. He said home demolitions are needed to deter others from attacking.

"It was simply an attack meant to murder innocent people," Barkat said.

Hamas praised the attack, calling it a "natural response" to Israel's demolition of Palestinian homes in Arab East Jerusalem and to Israel's military operations in the Gaza Strip.

Riyad al-Malki, information minister for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Western-backed government, called the attack as "traffic accident," and demanded an investigation into why the driver had been shot.

Asked if the incident would lead to tighter security in Jerusalem, the city's deputy police commander, Niso Shaham, said that security had been stepped up ahead of the Purim holiday, and the attack would be taken into consideration.

In July 2008, a Palestinian went on a rampage in a bulldozer on Jaffa Street, killing three people and wounding dozens more. Two weeks later, a resident of East Jerusalem carried out a similar attack, wounding at least 24 people.

In September, an Arab resident of East Jerusalem plowed his car into a crowd of Israel Defense Forces soldiers on their way to the Western Wall.

All three of the drivers were shot dead at the scene.

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      1.   Brake failure? 13:28  |  Samual Smith 05/03/09
      2.   Demolish his house, take the residency permits 13:30  |  indigenous 05/03/09
      3.   Good response 13:35  |  David LG 05/03/09
      4.   They might think this is clever 13:38  |  Allon 05/03/09
      5.   And houses of the previous terrorists still stand and their muhta 13:46  |  Absolute Sweden 05/03/09
      6.   Samual Smith 13:51  |  Allon 05/03/09
      7.   Samual Smith - What drug did you smoke this morning? 13:54  |  Ben 05/03/09
      8.   Again the world will blame Israel for this incident but at least 13:55  |  Ben 05/03/09
      9.   Injured?? 13:59  |  Allon 05/03/09
      10.   Tractor 13:59  |  Peter lambarghini 05/03/09
      11.   Why was he killed? 14:01  |  Levi 05/03/09
      12.   Peter Lambarghini 14:04  |  Allon 05/03/09
      13.   Total idiot, whoever we was... 14:07  |  Esther 05/03/09
      14.   # 1 Samual Smith - Read article, no death penalty 14:08  |  Gil J. Yashar 05/03/09
      15.   You will never understand??? 15:15  |  Joe 05/03/09
      16.   House Demolitions are Racist policy 15:17  |  Larry 05/03/09
      17.   More of the same from the wonderful, peaceful, tolerant people. 15:28  |  flyingdoc57 05/03/09
      18.   #11 Levi - Canada 15:57  |  *BEN JABO 05/03/09
      19.   "International law" 16:00  |  Allon 05/03/09
      20.   Buldozer attacks 16:03  |  abjad 05/03/09
      21.   brake failure or policedisproportinate parking 16:03  |  Syria Eagle 05/03/09
      22.   #15 Joe , Do you understand ???? 16:07  |  TOMY 05/03/09
      23.   #11 Levi. Nice try but,........................ 16:10  |  John Allen 05/03/09
      24.   Was It A Caterpiller? 16:10  |  Yaakov Sullivan 05/03/09
      25.   Concur completely, Larry #16, they are crazed with frustration... 16:25  |  Esther 05/03/09
      26.   Sadly a majority of Israelis have voted for "violence"..... 16:25  |  Swiss (Dino) 05/03/09
      27.   "Terrorist"?? 16:42  |  Dan 05/03/09
      28.   He wanted to die !!!!!!!!!!! 16:51  |  Arnold 05/03/09
      29.   Levi - You don`t arrest a terrorist who looking to kill. You 16:54  |  BF 05/03/09
      30.   That`s Not a Bulldozer 16:57  |  Knott Bushman 05/03/09
      31.   house demolition 17:14  |  R 05/03/09
      32.   More illegal collective punishment. 17:26  |  Matty Groves 05/03/09
      33.   Dead Terrorist Arab: Natural Response against Arab Occupation . 17:33  |  Joseph.E 05/03/09
      34.   John Allen 21, in response to Levi 11. 17:40  |  Magnus K. 05/03/09
      35.   Expand West Bank Settlements , 17:42  |  Joseph.E 05/03/09
      36.   1, S Smith 17:42  |  Harry 05/03/09
      37.   THE BUS WAS CARRYING CHILDREN! 17:46  |  Truth 05/03/09
      38.   Delay: Maccaroni-Pasta,Money to PLO-PA, Gaza Reconstruction . 17:50  |  Joseph.E 05/03/09
      39.   $900 Millions minus bulldozer terror attack in Jerusalem 17:52  |  Joseph.E 05/03/09
      40.   To BF # 28 18:19  |  Amir 05/03/09
      41.   #1 samual there is no death penalty in israel. the only death sen 18:33  |  odles 05/03/09
      42.   to Samual Smith 19:07  |  Betty 05/03/09
      43.   To Ben 19:08  |  Betty 05/03/09
      44.   kill switches 19:12  |  Ze 05/03/09
      45.   flyingdoc 57`s ignorant comment. 19:13  |  Betty 05/03/09
      46.   Odies nonsence statement. 19:18  |  Betty 05/03/09
      47.   To Swiss (Dino)#26 19:45  |  Ilya 05/03/09
      48.   Ending occupation won`t solve the problem, Betty!!! 20:05  |  Maria 05/03/09
      49.   Dismantling the terrorist infrastrucrure obligation 20:40  |  PETER SM 05/03/09
      50.   Swiss # 26 - And your friends, the Palestinians?? 20:54  |  WYSIWYG 05/03/09
      51.   Magnus K. A response to your response! 20:56  |  Jacques 05/03/09
      52.   Respnse to Maria # 47 20:56  |  Amir 05/03/09
      53.   Bulldozer? 20:56  |  ted heath 05/03/09
      54.   To the mourning crowd on this talk back 21:07  |  TOMY 05/03/09
      55.   betty #46 how many terrorists have been sentenced to death by isr 21:10  |  odles 05/03/09
      56.   Reply to Esther - Why Is It So Difficult for You to Understand 21:14  |  Tod Zuckerman 05/03/09
      57.   #27 dan - yes. baruch goldstein was a terrorist no better than 21:15  |  odles 05/03/09
      58.   Re # 1 Head Failure ??? Death Penalty ?? 21:19  |  Ines 05/03/09
      59.   Sadly a majority of Palestinians have voted for "violence"..... 21:20  |  Nemesis 05/03/09
      60.   Yes Dan, Baruch Goldstein was also a terrorist, 21:22  |  Nemesis 05/03/09
      61.   As long as Israelis treat Palestinians as `terrorists`... 21:28  |  peacelover 05/03/09
      62.   to Maria #48 21:29  |  zeev 05/03/09
      63.   Menachem Begin Boulevard? Talk about terrorists 21:29  |  peacelover 05/03/09
      64.   2~indigenous. I agree with you. 21:35  |  Akram Zekaria 05/03/09
      65.   terrorist 21:36  |  enjoy the virgins 05/03/09
      66.   BULLDOZER ATTACK - to no 26 Dino 21:38  |  Roberto 05/03/09
      67.   Re : Sure it seems to be a chronic break problem 21:48  |  Ines 05/03/09
      68.   How many tons of hate did Israel drop on Gaza? 21:52  |  James Hovland 05/03/09
      69.   Re# 1 Break problem or antisemitic problem ?? 21:52  |  Ines 05/03/09
      70.   The nut cases come out to speak! 21:53  |  DR 05/03/09
      71.   Re Exactely what happened is ...one more ... 21:56  |  Ines 05/03/09
      72.   Did this happen in Israel or the occupied territories. 22:04  |  Jens 05/03/09
      73.   # 47 Ilya, you have a valid point...... 22:10  |  Swiss (Dino) 05/03/09
      74.   No, Yaakov Sullivan, it wasn`t a Cat 22:20  |  Joe Sittizen 05/03/09
      75.   Dino Worst terror attacks in Israel were under Rabin after Oslo 22:26  |  Rob AA 05/03/09
      76.   Road condition 22:29  |  Trafficker 05/03/09
      77.   to Swiss (dino) 22:31  |  Antonio da Silva 05/03/09
      78.   In the U.S, the only 22:44  |  Darlene Wallach 05/03/09
      79.   Re# 3 First was the cab driver ...Dor... reaction 22:56  |  Ines 05/03/09
      80.   Destructive approach to life... and bloody violence 23:02  |  Ines 05/03/09
      81.   Re Samual ... By the way were You also there when all this... 23:21  |  Ines 05/03/09
      82.   to Darlene Wallach 23:28  |  Ben 05/03/09
      83.   Re: Yah right UK. France, Spain and even Sweden 23:31  |  Ines 05/03/09
      84.   Hamas`s Disengenuous Reaction 23:31  |  Brad 05/03/09
      85.   # 1 Brake failure? Yes, Apparently something happened with guns 23:37  |  17 05/03/09
      86.   Betty - Gaza- What occupation ? 23:44  |  Arnold 05/03/09
      87.   once more this is not a bulldozer 23:49  |  v hardman 05/03/09
      88.   #24 yaakov doesnt know a bull from a hole in the ground 23:52  |  v hardman 05/03/09
      89.   N0.2 - all the reasons this happened 23:54  |  Palestinian Brit 05/03/09
      90.   Why was he killed? 23:56  |  Palestinian Brit 05/03/09
      91.   "a copy of the Koran had been found in the bulldozer " 23:58  |  Yonatan 05/03/09
      92.   Occupied Gaza 23:59  |  Palestinian Brit 05/03/09
      93.   Little Jens from Copenhagen,where police escorts meal delivery 00:00  |  Absolute Sweden 06/03/09
      94.   arnold all of it maybe 00:15  |  Reza Shah 06/03/09
      95.   Proper response 00:20  |  docd 06/03/09
      96.   72hey jens. The foiled terrorist act occurred in Jerusalem... 00:23  |  bat yam 06/03/09
      97.   strange language 00:27  |  Truth 06/03/09
      98.   its not a bulldozer 00:30  |  jim the mechanic 06/03/09
      99.   # 66 Roberto, tiny little difference, as a fellow Swiss.... 00:32  |  Swiss (Dino) 06/03/09
      100.   Joe #12 00:36  |  Steve 06/03/09
      101.   # 75 Robbie, thanks to my "aristocratical" background..... 00:41  |  Swiss (Dino) 06/03/09
      102.   Police targets 00:42  |  Palestinian Brit 06/03/09
      103.   # 77 Antonio da Silva 00:44  |  Swiss (Dino) 06/03/09
      104.   Israel hatred 02:09  |  alessio 06/03/09
      105.   Mayor Nir Barkat called for the demolition... 02:11  |  Boris N. 06/03/09
      106.   PAL BRIT he was killed?Because he was trying to kill Israelis 02:15  |  PETER SM 06/03/09
      107.   IMAGINE IF A JEW DID THE SAME IN DAMASCAS 02:38  |  HAL TRIPP 06/03/09
      108.   WITH OR WITHOUT (2nd TRY) 03:38  |  indrajaya 06/03/09
      109.   "home demolitions deter others from attacking" 03:48  |  Chaya K. 06/03/09
      110.   What`s in a name? 03:48  |  Jose Eduardo 06/03/09
      111.   He must have done to the IDF bulldozed training course 04:22  |  American in NY 06/03/09
      112.   In, for example, Oakland 05:08  |  Not naive 06/03/09
      113.   Looked like a traffic accident. Why`d they shoot him? 05:12  |  POP 06/03/09
      114.   This looks more like a criminal act 05:13  |  POP 06/03/09
      115.   What? 06:47  |  Niva dos Santos 06/03/09
      116.   How to Avoid this? 06:50  |  Baruch Gold 06/03/09
      117.   It was a "traffic accident," 06:53  |  Baruch Gold 06/03/09
      118.   Dino (Swiss) Blames the Victims Again 08:15  |  Brad 06/03/09
      119.   Why do opponets of `occupation` live in Israel? 10:10  |  michelle 06/03/09
      120.   To everyone out there who is still waiting for a response.... 11:36  |  Swiss (Dino) 06/03/09
      121.   to michelle #119 12:06  |  zeev 06/03/09
      122.   noyhimg 19:36  |  animal 06/03/09
      123.   Front-end loader attack! 00:04  |  Tony Price 07/03/09
      124.   to Swiss (Dino) #120 - 3rd try 09:17  |  zeev 08/03/09
      125.   #102 Palestinian Brat 16:54  |  *BEN JABO 09/03/09
      126.   #111 American NUTJOB in NY 16:57  |  *BEN JABO 09/03/09
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