Shooting in Jerusalem Leaves at Least 5 Dead

A shooting attack on Monday morning on the northern outskirts of Jerusalem left at least five people dead and several more seriously wounded, according to Israel’s ambulance service.

The police described the shooting as a terrorist attack and said that the perpetrators had been “neutralized” at the scene.

According to local news reports, two gunmen fired on a public bus that had stopped at a busy junction and shot at the passengers.

A paramedic for the ambulance service, Fadi Dekaidek, said that he had arrived to find “a very severe scene.”

“The wounded were lying on the road and sidewalk near a bus stop,” he said in a statement, adding that some of them were unconscious.

Four victims were pronounced dead at the scene and about a dozen more casualties were transferred to hospitals, seven of them suffering serious injuries from gunshot wounds, according to the ambulance service.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel was holding a consultation with his security chiefs after the attack, according to a statement from his office.

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

Myra Noveck contributed reporting.