Car hits Palestinian in Jerusalem after stone-throwers attack Israeli motorist's vehicle

An Israeli motorist crashed into one of around a dozen Palestinian stone-throwers who attacked his vehicle in East Jerusalem on Monday, an incident that injured at least three people and fanned street protests and violence in the city.

CCTV footage showed the Palestinians milling around slow-moving traffic on a junction outside the walled Old City and then converging on a car. One of the Palestinians briefly opened a door of the car as it backed away, rocks pelting its bonnet.

The car then swerved back into the junction, striking one of the stone-throwers and pinioning itself on a pavement barricade, its driver-side door flying open, the CCTV footage showed.

Several Palestinians rushed up to lob rocks at the driver and a passenger, who could be seen gesticulating through the window. The stone-thrower struck by the vehicle limped away.

Twenty-five seconds after the collision, an Israeli police arrived and fired his pistol in the air to disperse the crowd.

Bystander footage showed the policeman guarding the driver, whose shirt was torn and bloodied, and who appeared to have an improvised bandage on his forehead.

Palestinians accused the motorist of a deliberate ramming.

Police said he lost control of his car, and that he and a passenger were lightly hurt in the incident. The officer who drew his weapon did so in response to a lethal threat, it said.

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