Story highlights American student dies in West Bank

Suspected attacker is arrested

Jerusalem (CNN) An American yeshiva student was among three people killed in the West Bank when an attacker fired shots from a vehicle and then rammed pedestrians with the car, the Israel Defense Forces said.

The attack happened at a busy intersection in Gush Etzion, the IDF said.

An unidentified gunman opened fire at vehicles stopped in traffic before ramming his vehicle into pedestrians, according to the IDF.

The suspected assailant was arrested.

Among those killed was 18-year-old Ezra Schwartz of Sharon, Massachusetts.

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