The shooting occurred as the bus waited in a parking lot near the Western Wall, which is considered the holiest site where Jews can pray. Israeli security forces pushed into the nearby Palestinian neighbourhood of Silwan pursuing the suspected attacker. Later on Sunday, police said the suspected attacker turned himself in, without immediately disclosing details about the person’s identity. The Jerusalem shooting followed a tense week between Israel and Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. Forty-nine Palestinians, including 17 children and 14 militants, were killed and several hundred injured in the fighting, which ended with an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire.

Source: The Guardian August 14, 2022 18:39 UTC