Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian carrying car-ramming attack at West Bank checkpoint
JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian on Wednesday after he carried out a car-ramming attack at a checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah, the Israeli army and Palestinian health ministry said.
The Palestinian man drove to the Maccabim checkpoint, hit an Israeli officer and wounded him seriously, the Israeli army said in a statement.
The man then got out of his car and tried to attack the officer with an axe before he was "neutralized," the army statement added.