Bulldozer driver Hossam Dwayyat shot at wheel after deadly rampage through Jerusalem

We think of weapons and images of guns and tanks and fighter jets come to mind. They think of weapons and images of cars and front end loaders and passenger planes come to mind.

A Palestinian construction worker in a digger went on a rampage in central Jerusalem yesterday, killing at least three people and injuring 45.

Hossam Dwayyat, a 31-year-old Arab resident of east Jerusalem, wrought havoc on one of the city’s main thoroughfares, driving into oncoming traffic and leaving a trail of mangled vehicles in his wake.

He was caught on film as onlookers saw him take the digger from his construction site and crash through cars queueing on Jaffa Street. He overturned one bus and struck another before being shot dead by security officers.