Israel: Jerusalem Police Officer Wounded In Car Ramming Attack

Tel Aviv: Jerusalem Police officers arrested a resident of eastern Jerusalem suspected of hitting a police officer during a traffic enforcement operation in the Atarot area in northern Jerusalem and fleeing the scene on foot. 

The driver's vehicle aroused the suspicion of the police operating the traffic enforcement, and they acted to stop it.

At a certain point, the vehicle's driver began to flee the scene, accelerating recklessly and dangerously, hit a police officer who was operating at the location, exited the car, and fled on foot. 

As a result of the incident, the officer was injured and evacuated to receive medical treatment at the hospital. 

Central Unit traffic police, together with additional forces that arrived quickly at the scene, began what the police described as "extensive searches" for the suspect, and within a short time, a suspect was arrested by police forces along with several additional suspects. 

There is no word yet on whether this was a terror attack or a criminally motivated one.