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3 lightly wounded in car-ramming attack in Jerusalem on Passover eve
The two attackers have reportedly been arrested
Initial report suggested that at 07:52 a.m. (local time) the MDA's 101 call center in the Jerusalem area received a call about two pedestrians who were apparently hit by the same vehicle at two different scenes. The incidents occurred on Techelet Mordechai and Jeremiah streets of Jerusalem.
The three - Menachem Mendel Fish, 22, Yosef Yitzhak Hershenboim, 18 and a minor male, 15, - were lightly wounded.
The MDA spokesperson stated: "MDA medics and paramedics provide medical treatment and refer 2 injured to Shaare Zedek Hospital, including an 18-year-old young man, in mild-moderate condition with a head injury, and one in mild condition."
Emergency medicine medic at MDA Yitzchak Har Sasif Daniel Levy said: "We were near the scene and as soon as we arrived at the scene, we saw a young man about 18 years old walking around the scene with a bruise on his head."
He added that the man received treatment at the scene and was then transferred to a hospital. It was later reported victims expected to be discharged from hospital later on Monday.
"People on the spot told us that while he was engaged in collecting chametz [food forbidden over Passover], a car hit him at the entrance to the parking lot between buildings," added Levy.
Another MDA paramedic Nadav Arzi said that when the team saw the attacked 22-year-old man. "He told us that while they were engaged in searching chametz at the entrance of the parking lot, when a vehicle sped towards a group of people and hit him and another person."
The 22-year-old is said to have suffered wounds to his head and face.
At around 10:12 a.m. (local time) the two attackers were arrested at a furniture store in Jerusalem.
As the operation was finalized, the Police Commissioner Yaakov Shabtai praised the forces' effort: "Following the attack this morning in Jerusalem, a vigorous investigation began and thanks to civilian cooperation, a quick and exhaustive integration of the police forces, the Border Guard and the General Security Service, led by the Jerusalem District - the two attackers were caught."