Palestinian tractor driver shot while rampaging in central Jerusalem

March 5, 2009, 1:46 PM Israel time (GMT+02:00)

The Palestinian tractor hoisted a police van, injuring two police officers, in downtown Jerusalem at the corner of the Begin and Golomb highways in heavy traffic near the Malha shopping mall. As the tractor driver tried to toss the police van with his shovel onto a bus packed with schoolgirls, a passing taxi driver pulled a gun and shot him dead, cutting the rampage short before it claimed more victims on the jampacked highway.

This was the third time a Palestinian terrorist used a tractor to smash vehicles in downtown Jerusalem.