It was terrible. I was by the back door. I fell on everyone and fled, I could save myself.
The female witness, who wants to remain anonymous, tells the Israeli TV channel Keshet 12 that she was on board the overcrowded bus at a traffic stop near the settlement area Ramot. At the same moment the door opened, the perpetrators came on board and started shooting.
In the turmoil, the woman was able to get out through the back door. She says she hid under another vehicle until the shots subsided.
The shooting was beyond anything you can imagine. I can't believe I'm standing here. Indescribable shooting, she says.
Critical situation
Also, ambulance personnel testify to chaotic scenes with seriously injured and unconscious people lying on the side of the road and on the sidewalk, according to information to the newspaper Haaretz.
There is great destruction, glass shards on the ground and a lot of anxiety. We started treating the injured and continue to treat them and transport them to hospitals, says a healthcare worker.
Four people are said to have died on the spot and two more died after arrival at the hospital. For some of the injured, the condition is said to be life-threatening, media reports with reference to healthcare sources. A number of people have also suffered minor injuries in the shooting, which according to The Times of Israel took place with a partially homemade automatic weapon.
Ramot, where the shooting took place, is an Israeli settlement area in eastern Jerusalem that was occupied by Israel in 1967. Among other things, the UN considers eastern Jerusalem to be part of the Palestinian territories and under illegal occupation by Israel.
From the West Bank?
The two perpetrators were killed on the spot, the police say according to Haaretz. According to the police, it is a suspected terrorist attack. Security sources tell The Times of Israel that the two shooters came from a village near Ramallah on the Palestinian West Bank.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is said to be "evaluating the situation" together with the country's security services, according to a statement from his office. A few hours after the shooting, he visited the site where the bus was attacked.
Israeli soldiers and police are currently searching the area where the shooting took place, according to media.
