Jerusalem: Child killed in suspected ramming attack

A six-year-old boy has been killed and several people injured in a suspected car ramming attack at a bus stop in occupied East Jerusalem, officials say.

The attack happened at Ramot Junction, police said. The driver was "neutralised on the spot" they added.

One of the casualties, also a child, is in a critical condition, medics said.

It comes amid a particularly bloody period between Israelis and Palestinians, with a mounting toll from Palestinian attacks and Israeli raids.

Pictures from the scene of the incident on the northern outskirts of the city show a blue Mazda car which had crashed into a pole and come to a standstill on the pavement under a bus shelter.

A volunteer medic with an ambulance service told Israel's Army Radio: "Everyone was lying out, thrown about, in very bad condition."