A quick post because I’m getting around for work. Tieki Rae just called this morning to tell me about this. She was there just a couple days back, but is now up north. Pray for the victims of this attack and of course take note that it was an off duty IDF soldier who ended the attack.

At least four people were killed and 44 were wounded - one seriously, one moderately and 42 lightly - on Wednesday afternoon when a bulldozer driver went on a rampage in downtown Jerusalem.

Police said that the driver plowed his vehicle into two public buses, toppling them over, and slammed into several cars.

A off-duty soldier took the gun from an elite policeman at the scene and shot the terrorist dead. The soldier, Moshe Klessner, 18, is the brother-in-law of IDF officer David Shapira, who killed the terrorist in the Mercaz Harav Yeshiva attack, Channel 2 reported.

Klessner was assisted in neutralizing the attacker by another elite policeman.

Another elite policeman was lightly wounded, apparently by gunfire, indicating that the terrorist was armed.

Police said the incident was definitely a terror attack, emphasizing that the terrorist, Jabr Duwait, a 32-year-old father of two from Jebl Mukaber, was carrying an Israeli identity card. The Mercaz Harav attacker was from the very same east Jerusalem town.

“My son never spoke of plans to carry out such an attack, if he had I would have tried to prevent it, Duwait’s father, Tayseer told The Media Line as police officers were about to question him.

The attack, at the junction of Jaffa Street and Rechov Sha’arei Yisreal, set off a panic in the area.

Dozens of people ran through the streets to flee the scene of the attack and a car was dragged several meters by the bulldozer before being crushed under the vehicle.

A baby was being treated in Sha’arei Tzedek Hospital and his parents were yet to be tracked down. The indication was that the baby was thrown out of the car by one of his parents before the vehicle was crushed.

The bulldozer was apparently being used for construction work on the Jerusalem light rail project.

Asaf Shalev, who was near the scene of the attack, told the Jerusalem Post that he heard about “an accident” and ran to the area. He described how he saw a “path of destruction” leading from the construction site and numerous policemen “examining the bulldozer.”

The Media Line News Agency contributed to this report

Also, thanks for continuing to keep Tieki in your prayers for safety.

UPDATE: They acted precisely how they were taught

UPDATE 2: From Ynet News: 3 Killed as Palestinian Bulldozer Driver Goes on Killing Spree in Jerusalem:

According to an assessment by the Gaza Strip organizations, as well as by sources in the Palestinian Authority, the Jerusalem attack was an independent act carried out by the driver alone; However, a Hamas spokesman said Wednesday that the Jerusalem attack was “a natural reaction to Israel’s aggression,” adding the group did not know who was behind the attack.

The Islamic Jihad issued a statement praising Wednesday’s attack:“The attack is a clear message to the enemy from the person who carried it out and the entire Palestinian people, that it should expect more attacks for as long as it continues its crimes against the Palestinian people and the aggression against our people, our land and our places.”