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Jerusalem terrorist's family told to take down mourners' tent
By Jonathan Lis, Avi Issacharoff and Eli Ashkenazi, Haaretz Correspondents
Tags: Israel 

The family of the East Jerusalem Palestinian who killed three people in an attack in the capital on Wednesday was told by Border Police on Thursday to remove a mourning tent it had set up to mark his death.

Hussam Duwiyat, 30, from the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Zur Baher, was shot dead by security forces after stealing a bulldozer from the construction site where he was working and driving it into a bus and a number of cars on Jaffa Street in downtown Jerusalem. Three people were killed and dozens were wounded.

The family lawyer said Wednesday that Duwiyat was not a terrorist and therefore the attack could not be described as terror.
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"This is a tragic event, the family and I send our condolences to the bereaved families and wish the wounded a speedy recovery,": said Shimon Kokush. "This was a young man who was jailed for rape. He was a junkie and drug-user."

According to his family, Duwiyat had been employed as a bulldozer operator in recent years. He was not known to be involved in political activism in his community.

However, the Battalions for the Liberation of the Galilee claimed responsibility for the attack, saying Duwiyat was recruited several months ago.

Security sources said that the claim was likely false.

Footage 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.   Of course he was a Terrorist 14:35  |  * BEN JABO 03/07/08
      2.   ISLAMICS Make WAR On CIVILIAN Populations. 15:24  |  Linda Rivera 03/07/08
      3.   ISLAMICS Deliberately Target for MURDER Jewish MOTHERS & BABIES 15:27  |  Linda Rivera 03/07/08
      4.   Israel`s crimes make Muslim terrorist look like kids 16:21  |  anti-racist 03/07/08
      5.   A Drepressed guy or a terrorist? 16:23  |  Philo 03/07/08
      6.   2&3 - Criminal and terrorist 16:23  |  Mahona 03/07/08
      7.   Umm Linda 16:31  |  Dave Duncan 03/07/08
      8.   No NON INDIGENOUS Occupier is a Civilian! 16:36  |  Y. al-Khattab 03/07/08
      9.   They have the right to morn the berieved 16:38  |  Philo 03/07/08
      10.   He is not Terrorist 16:57  |  Zako 03/07/08
      11.   #4 anti-racist - what a misnomer 17:10  |  * BEN JABO 03/07/08
      12.   #Y. al-Khattab8 17:14  |  * BEN JABO 03/07/08
      13.   Not a terrorist....a tortured drugged out soul 17:22  |  Terrorist Hunter 03/07/08
      14.   Linda Rivera - Why all the hate? 17:25  |  Panocha 03/07/08
      15.   Response to 10 17:43  |  Philo 03/07/08
      16.   Y. al-Khattab 17:44  |  x-ray 03/07/08
      17.   Philo - it`s our right to object and we will 17:45  |  x-ray 03/07/08
      18.   mourning tent 17:50  |  doglover 03/07/08
      19.   Can the real terrorist plz stand up? ISRAEL! 18:02  |  eve 03/07/08
      20.   Panocha 18:23  |  pepsi 03/07/08
      21.   Sorry Linda Rivera 18:26  |  John 03/07/08
      22.   Letter to Panoncha 18:37  |  Joseph 03/07/08
      23.   Hello PANOCHA 18:56  |  Mary Ashkelon 03/07/08
      24.   Shahit .... no way 18:56  |  Siem 03/07/08
      25.   Ben Jabo #1 18:57  |  Philippe 03/07/08
      26.   House demolition and tent removal 19:10  |  allan 03/07/08
      27.   Bulldozer Attack 19:19  |  John G 03/07/08
      28.   Is his parent`s home. Is there any logic to this??? 19:19  |  Jo 03/07/08
      29.   eve, eve, poor eve!!! 19:26  |  Sarah 03/07/08
      30.   #26, allan from New York... 19:33  |  Silvienne 03/07/08
      31.   #28 Jo - BIG DIFFERENCE 20:12  |  WYSIWYG 03/07/08
      32.   #8 Yosef Cohen you r not indigenous either your a whacked out Jew 20:58  |  Josef Cohen is 03/07/08
      33.   #12 FYI #8 is a Whacked out Jew who converted to Islam 21:05  |  Elias 03/07/08
      34.   wysiwyg i like your solution shd apply to 21:12  |  meshuga 03/07/08
      35.   Forbidding mourning is also terror 21:55  |  Jan Elshout 03/07/08
      36.   Linda Rivera Cites from Worldnutdaily 22:06  |  Guy From NYC 03/07/08
      37.   Misleading lawyer 22:13  |  Esther 03/07/08
      38.   Have you no shame Sillvienne the Simpleton? 22:20  |  Murray the Mongoose 03/07/08
      39.   Zako - actually he`s a murdering coward 22:29  |  ChanahS 03/07/08
      40.   #29, my, my, sad Sarah! 22:36  |  Silvienne 03/07/08
      41.   #25, Philippe to Ben Jabo... 22:37  |  Silvienne 03/07/08
      42.   #32, Josef Cohen is...(what sort of name is that?) 22:43  |  Silvienne 03/07/08
      43.   #33 Silvienne - I would assume all those that 23:10  |  * BEN JABO 03/07/08
      44.   Terrorist 23:12  |  BRL 03/07/08
      45.   Silvienne how rude of you to ask what kind of name that is 23:27  |  x-ray 03/07/08
      46.   #34 Silvienne - Arabs came from Arabia 23:43  |  * BEN JABO 03/07/08
      47.   #29, oh, sad Sarah! 23:55  |  Silvienne 03/07/08
      48.   WHAT a hide! They should be ashamed to show their face 23:58  |  PETER SM 03/07/08
      49.   #44, Ben Jabo...Not the Seven Questions of Doom?? 00:52  |  Silvienne 04/07/08
      50.   There are crazy people everywhere! 01:26  |  Shuki 04/07/08
      51.   In wonder Jan (33) how the Dutch would have reacted 02:13  |  Jew- and Bookburner 04/07/08
      52.   Collective punishment, three areas... 08:04  |  BBSNews 04/07/08
      53.   When my dog stands she is still a dog #8 16:09  |  Ilan 04/07/08
      54.   Just imagine.... 16:12  |  Rako 04/07/08
      55.   #49 Silvienne - You are beating a dead horse 06:05  |  * BEN JABO 05/07/08
      56.   #48 Peter the wallaby 19:16  |  Advocate4Liberty 05/07/08
      57.   #55, Ben Jabo... 03:52  |  Silvienne 07/07/08
      58.   #57 2ND TRY Silvienne - NO TV 16:03  |  * BEN JABO 07/07/08
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