6 Injured In Jordan Valley Terror Attack, Terrorists Apprehended

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a terror attack which occurred Sunday morning in the Jordan Valley, terrorists driving a minivan shot at a bus carrying soldiers which was driving on road 578 near the Beqa’ot community. Initial reports say that 6 soldiers were injured in the shooting, including one IDF soldier who was seriously injured. After the bus stopped, the terrorists attempted to set it on fire by pouring gasoline and setting off a petrol bomb but instead their own car caught fire and they were injured and apprehended.

The terrorists fired more than 20 bullets at the bus before they attempted to set it on fire, according to eyewitness reports. They then attempted to escape in their care which caught fire and after they abandoned it, were apprehended by security forces.

MDA updated that “at 12:39 we received a report at Gilboa dispatch center of shooting at  a bus travelling on road 578 from Beqa’ot to Beqa’ot junction. Medics and paramedics treated the injured at the scene and a helicopter was summoned to the incident.”