Jerusalem CNN —
Two explosions shook Jerusalem early Wednesday, killing one person and injuring more than a dozen others in a suspected "combined terror attack," according to an Israeli police spokesperson.
The first explosion occurred at a bus station near the entrance of Jerusalem at 7:06 a.m., injuring at least 11 people, including a person who later died, the spokesperson said.
After a second explosion almost half an hour later at the city's Ramot junction, at 7:30 a.m., three people were evacuated with minor injuries, police added.
Initial investigations indicated that explosive devices were placed at both blast sites and a search is underway for suspects, the police spokesperson said.
At the site of the first blast, images showed debris strewn on the ground and a parked bus with holes pierced in its windscreen. Metal railings surrounding the bus stop were also damaged and the area was cordoned off.
Two paramedics from Magen David Adom, Israel's Red Cross affiliate, said when they arrived at the bus station they found two seriously injured people lying on the ground.
"We were at the MDA station by the entrance to the city when we heard a large explosion," they said. "We immediately headed to the scene in large numbers, including ambulances, MICUs (mobile intensive care units) and medicycles."
"Two seriously wounded were lying nearby, a 16-year-old in the bus stop and a 45-year-old on the sidewalk."
The US Embassy in Jerusalem condemned in "the strongest possible terms today's terrorist attacks on public locations" in a post on Twitter.
"Terrorism is a dead-end that accomplishes absolutely nothing," the Embassy wrote.
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