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VIDEO: Policeman shoots and kills Jerusalem terrorist during rampage
By Haaretz Staff and Channel 10
Tags: Jerusalem, Israel 

A policeman and an off-duty Israel Defense Forces soldier were being hailed as heroes Wednesday after they climbed up on the cab of the bulldozer driven by a terrorist and shot him dead.

The terrorist - an Arab resident of East Jerusalem - had smashed the bulldozer into a series of vehicles, including a commuter bus, killing three people and wounding dozens more.

Policeman Eli Mizrahi said he was at the Mahane Yehuda open-air market when he heard over his radio that the bulldozer was rumbling in his direction.
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Speeding to the scene on his motorcycle, Mizrahi arrived just after a policewoman shot the Palestinian driving the vehicle. But then, unexpectedly, the attacker stepped on the gas pedal once more and ran over a police car, Mizrahi said.

"He started to drive like crazy and held the steering wheel, pressing against it, and started to race down the street," Mizrahi told reporters at the scene.

While the construction machine was moving, Mizrahi and an off-duty soldier climbed up to the driver's cab. The soldier fired first, and then Mizrahi shot the driver twice.

"I ran up the steps and, while he was still driving like crazy and trying to harm civilians, I fired at him twice more and that's it, he was neutralized," Mizrahi said, speaking calmly to a swarm of reporters.

The soldier said he had been riding his bike through downtown en route home when he noticed the bulldozer plowing into the bus.

"I understood imemdiately that this was a terror attack. I threw down my bank and hurried to make contact with the terrorist," Pulser said. "I got closer to the bulldozer, the whole time looking for my weapon to shoot him. I noticed Oron Ben Shimon, an armed civilian, and together we tried to neutralize the terrorist. We tried at least to pull his feet off the accelerator."

"The terrorist yelled, 'God is great!' I grabbed Oron's handgun and fired three bullets. As soon as I was sure he was dead I lifted the gun so as not to hurt passersby," he added.

Coincidentally, the soldier is the brother-in-law of Captain David Shapira, the man who four months ago opened fire and killed the terrorist who infiltrated the Mercaz Harav Yeshiva in Jerusalem, killing eight students.

More videos from the scene of the attack:
Jerusalem terror attack: Clip 2
Jerusalem terror attack: Clip 3

(Please note that some of the images in these videos are of a graphic nature)

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      1.   Kuntar 15:30  |  hanoi 02/07/08
      2.   kol hakavod bravo 15:52  |  claude 02/07/08
      3.   This person could be arrested? 16:43  |  HAT 02/07/08
      4.   is this what Durson, Johnboy the rest mean when they say never in 16:45  |  Robert/Montreal 02/07/08
      5.   what`s ho heroic?! 16:47  |  bashar 02/07/08
      6.   Go on Bashar, don`t stop! Show everybody who you are! 16:58  |  MR 02/07/08
      7.   To 1: This person could have been arrested 17:02  |  Max 02/07/08
      8.   what`s so heroic?!! 17:06  |  Italian Reader 02/07/08
      9.   good job 17:06  |  tom 02/07/08
      10.   More Palestinian Self-Sabotage 17:06  |  Jimmy 02/07/08
      11.   HERO 17:07  |  G-dsHumbleServant 02/07/08
      12.   give Hizbollah his body in the swap deal :-) 17:09  |  GottaBeKiddingMe 02/07/08
      13.   You never watched the WHOLE thing. 17:09  |  WUAV 02/07/08
      14.   Killing a Terrorist 17:10  |  Hyim 02/07/08
      15.   What`s heroic about that, in case you`d wonder 17:10  |  Jul 02/07/08
      16.   SUUUUURE He Could have been Stopped! 17:15  |  ML/NJ 02/07/08
      17.   Bashar - I`d like to see what you do when you child is in danger 17:17  |  Allon 02/07/08
      18.   Arrest? Seriously? 17:17  |  Derek 02/07/08
      19.   great talkbacks really 17:20  |  john 02/07/08
      20.   It happened because Merkaz HaRav terrorist murderer`s house 17:20  |  Genuine Tosefta 02/07/08
      21.   Execution style killing... 17:29  |  Sharon 02/07/08
      22.   Israeli hero 17:41  |  Matthew 02/07/08
      23.   Bravo Derek 17:43  |  Avi Tz. 02/07/08
      24.   1. This person could be arrested? 17:43  |  Yitz 02/07/08
      25.   Policeman shoots and kills Jerusalem terrorist 17:47  |  G Konecky 02/07/08
      26.   The soldier and the policeman are heroes 17:47  |  Baba 02/07/08
      27.   bashar apparently lives in utopia... 17:49  |  Gabriel 02/07/08
      28.   reasonable force 17:49  |  aron 02/07/08
      29.   Palestinian self sabotage 17:52  |  Daniel 02/07/08
      30.   I agree with #9... 17:54  |  Austin Rose 02/07/08
      31.   #3 Bashar Could have been stoppped not good enough 17:57  |  * BEN JABO 02/07/08
      32.   Pathetic - HAT 17:57  |  Darren 02/07/08
      33.   to those who think the killer should have been arrested 18:01  |  Marc 02/07/08
      34.   A Hero that probably save many lives. 18:05  |  Nachman 02/07/08
      35.   to message 1 . arrested ? 18:07  |  paulo2005 02/07/08
      36.   Arrested? Why? How about an afternoon tea? 18:10  |  Robert 02/07/08
      37.   Police did right, Terrorist could have had a suicidal belt on 18:11  |  Rachel in USA 02/07/08
      38.   Extrajudicial Murder? 18:17  |  Victor 02/07/08
      39.   Policeman shoots and kills Jerusalem terrorist 18:22  |  philo 02/07/08
      40.   "God" 18:33  |  Ricardo Levy 02/07/08
      41.   Bashar the left will put him in jail, and make D Pal a hero 18:37  |  Simon 02/07/08
      42.   all participants dead and alive, are Palestinian heroes! 18:39  |  z 02/07/08
      43.   the relevant question is not whether the terrorist could have 18:54  |  Arnaud 02/07/08
      44.   Victor (and other idiots) 18:57  |  JP 02/07/08
      45.   Policeman and soildier. 18:58  |  Neal 02/07/08
      46.   #26 Victor - In Most Civilized Countries...They Also Have Idiots 19:00  |  JP 02/07/08
      47.   Execution style shooting - PLEASE! 19:01  |  D 02/07/08
      48.   #26 Victor - Toronto 19:02  |  * BEN JABO 02/07/08
      49.   completely agree with #26 19:03  |  Phil 02/07/08
      50.   Kuntar should hav ebeen treated the same way 19:03  |  * BEN JABO 02/07/08
      51.   Why arrest Arab murderers? 19:10  |  Genuine Tosefta 02/07/08
      52.   No more prisoners and keep the bpdy 19:19  |  CM 02/07/08
      53.   Terror 19:39  |  Matityahu 02/07/08
      54.   Heroes or Hostages 19:46  |  Ori 02/07/08
      55.   French Channel 2 19:58  |  Arie 02/07/08
      56.   It is an off-duty soldier who is a real hero. 20:13  |  Terry 02/07/08
      57.   Italian Reader 20:21  |  AmericanPower 02/07/08
      58.   True, Died too quick. Should be Arrested and slowly interrogated 20:36  |  Baruch Gold 02/07/08
      59.   BULLDOZER ATTACK 20:44  |  G. MURPHY 02/07/08
      60.   Why Are Arabs such a brutally immoral, violent people? 20:44  |  Baruch Gold 02/07/08
      61.   To those who are in DENIAL.... 20:50  |  RY 02/07/08
      62.   Terrorism 20:54  |  John 02/07/08
      63.   "extra judicial" narishkeit 20:55  |  Joe 02/07/08
      64.   #24, Ben Jabo...I know what you`re going to say... 21:01  |  Silvienne 02/07/08
      65.   Victor, how ironic 21:04  |  jim35 02/07/08
      66.   Impossible position, Baruch Gold. 21:12  |  jim35 02/07/08
      67.   reasonable force #21 21:12  |  Gregor 02/07/08
      68.   HAT 21:14  |  jim35 02/07/08
      69.   Supercilious and stupid Sylvienne... 21:26  |  Absolute Israel 02/07/08
      70.   Twisted 21:35  |  Hans 02/07/08
      71.   doris cadigan, maureen, natalie - hmmmm 21:44  |  Adrian de Klerk 02/07/08
      72.   Now he will....,72 virgins,Islam is for real. 22:05  |  Mama mia. 02/07/08
      73.   bunch of hypocrites 22:13  |  sickened 02/07/08
      74.   Jews should start an Intifada 22:16  |  docD 02/07/08
      75.   HAT 22:18  |  docD 02/07/08
      76.   At least the police didn`t have to go buy guns 22:26  |  docD 02/07/08
      77.   Reply to HAT in UK 22:31  |  Joe 02/07/08
      78.   HAT and Bashar? 22:34  |  Austin 02/07/08
      79.   "Sickened" 22:55  |  Austin 02/07/08
      80.   nobody knows what "god is great" means to a counter terrorist? 23:08  |  izzy d 02/07/08
      81.   to: Hat in UK 23:12  |  Hunter 02/07/08
      82.   How should Police arrest? 23:14  |  Jonathan 02/07/08
      83.   u get wat u desrve 23:22  |  mossa 02/07/08
      84.   Saddam Policies @ work 23:25  |  E. Corrie 02/07/08
      85.   # 61 Mama Mia 23:39  |  Muslim 02/07/08
      86.   re Brauch Gold #49 `Why Are Arabs such a brutally immoral, violen 23:43  |  Colin Wright 02/07/08
      87.   re CM #41 `No more prisoners and keep the bpdy` 23:46  |  Colin Wright 02/07/08
      88.   to #3 bashar SECOND TRY 23:47  |  MR 02/07/08
      89.   bulldozing mental midget. 23:51  |  Police Officer-U.S.A 02/07/08
      90.   #62 sickened, no you are sick 23:57  |  * BEN JABO 02/07/08
      91.   It is understandable but I still have a problem seeing this 00:12  |  Tulip 03/07/08
      92.   #1 HAT from UK 00:24  |  MR 03/07/08
      93.   To all Jewish Israelis on this talkback page 00:25  |  Israel 03/07/08
      94.   Make this work on a MAC! 00:27  |  Jonas 03/07/08
      95.   feel otherwise 00:31  |  Rob 03/07/08
      96.   Religion of peace, at it again 00:32  |  Mo 03/07/08
      97.   G-d`s humble servent 00:32  |  dianu1 03/07/08
      98.   Wake up Israel!!! Peace with Ishmael is imposib 00:38  |  nic 03/07/08
      99.   bashar 00:47  |  norman A. Blumberg 03/07/08
      100.   Israelis were about to bullzoze his house 01:04  |  Secular 03/07/08
      101.   Secular from Chicago, could you give us the precise link 01:33  |  Tulip 03/07/08
      102.   The video about the bulldozer murderer 02:03  |  GB Driesen 03/07/08
      103.   BULLDOZER ATTACK 02:04  |  1bigtzionist 03/07/08
      104.   equal treatment 02:11  |  Mike 03/07/08
      105.   Bulldowser Statistics 02:35  |  Jasper 03/07/08
      106.   #81 nic likewise???? 02:36  |  Joe 03/07/08
      107.   He was arrested! 03:15  |  Murray of Montreal 03/07/08
      108.   Let us give the Police WOMAN credit 03:25  |  * BEN JABO 03/07/08
      109.   #1 HAT - you are talking through yours 03:27  |  * BEN JABO 03/07/08
      110.   #5 Italian Reader 03:31  |  * BEN JABO 03/07/08
      111.   #84, Tulip, I had thought the same thing... 05:01  |  Silvienne 03/07/08
      112.   This person could not be stopped 06:26  |  gus 03/07/08
      113.   #98 Silvienne & Tulip - You didn`t see it 06:49  |  * BEN JABO 03/07/08
      114.   #93 Secular - Chicago 06:58  |  * BEN JABO 03/07/08
      115.   #98-2 Silvienen & Tulip 07:21  |  * BEN JABO 03/07/08
      116.   #93 Secular - Chicago - Never mind I found AP report 07:23  |  * BEN JABO 03/07/08
      117.   POLICEMAN KILLS TERRORIST 07:34  |  RHINO 03/07/08
      118.   Israels bravery 08:06  |  remo 03/07/08
      119.   what`s so heroic?!! to italian reader from milan 08:22  |  remo 03/07/08
      120.   Ben Jabo, Silvienne 12:18  |  Tulip 03/07/08
      121.   israeli shoots terrorist 14:29  |  debra 03/07/08
      122.   #120, Tulip... 16:47  |  Silvienne 03/07/08
      123.   #108, Ben Jabo... 16:50  |  Silvienne 03/07/08
      124.   re: joe, #106 16:50  |  Austin 03/07/08
      125.   #115, Ben Jabo, thanks for the link... 17:03  |  Silvienne 03/07/08
      126.   #122 Silvienne - try reading a bit slower 17:21  |  * BEN JABO 03/07/08
      127.   #122 2ND TRY TULIP 17:23  |  * BEN JABO 03/07/08
      128.   To those saying he could have been stopped 17:28  |  D 03/07/08
      129.   #125 Silvienne - You`re welcome 17:41  |  * BEN JABO 03/07/08
      130.   #123 Silvienne - too many suppositions 17:46  |  * BEN JABO 03/07/08
      131.   Of course not, BEN JABO 18:30  |  Tulip 03/07/08
      132.   #130 Tulip - How silly of me 19:08  |  * BEN JABO 03/07/08
      133.   BEN JABO and movies 20:18  |  Tulip 03/07/08
      134.   #126, Ben Jabo... 23:39  |  Silvienne 03/07/08
      135.   #133, Tulip & Ben... 23:43  |  Silvienne 03/07/08
      136.   #133 Tulip - You didn`t see INSIDE THE CAB 23:48  |  * BEN JABO 03/07/08
      137.   #135 Silvienne - Take note 00:25  |  * BEN JABO 04/07/08
      138.   To Sharon in California 19:38  |  Dennis 05/07/08
      139.   How to prevent more of the same 07:50  |  Kix 06/07/08
      140.   What`s Your Problem? 05:13  |  Ben Tzion 07/07/08
      141.   questions remain 05:29  |  John 07/07/08
      142.   #141 John - MA 05:56  |  * BEN JABO 07/07/08
      143.   Maan News say`s he`s a terrorist 06:04  |  * BEN JABO 07/07/08
      144.   Surprised there haven`t been more incidents like this 22:27  |  Paul 04/08/08
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