Police stop car bomb at West Bank checkpoint

Border Police forces catch a car rigged with explosives and multiple gasoline tanks in the West Bank.

The vehicle is spotted Sunday morning driving from Tzur Hadassah, southwest of Jerusalem, toward the West Bank town of Beitar Illit.

As the car approaches a border police checkpoint, a policeman notices the Palestinian driver driving “strangely.” He orders the car to stop and turn off the engine. When the driver doesn’t respond, he leans in the driver’s window to remove the keys himself. The driver then accelerates, leaving the policeman hanging halfway out the driver’s-side window. The policeman pulls out his handgun and yells at the driver to stop. The car stops.

In the ensuing search of the vehicle, police discover gasoline tanks in the car’s trunk linked to an explosive detonator.

The driver is arrested and taken for questioning.