( CNN ) A Palestinian man rammed into a cyclist and four Israeli border police while he was driving in Jerusalem on Friday , authorities and first responders said . Witnesses said the man drove off the side of the road to hit his victims . They were taken to the hospital with light to moderate injuries . Authorities are treating the incident as a terror attack , according to police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld . The suspect tried to escape , but was shot by a security guard and severely wounded before being taken into custody , police said . Israeli police identified the attacker as a Palestinian man in his early 20s from East Jerusalem . Hamas applauded the attack . `` Hamas movement blesses this heroic act and considers it a natural response to the Occupations crimes , Sami Abu Zuhri , a Hamas spokesman , posted on Facebook . Regional tensions . Tensions over the killings of Israeli teens and Palestinian boys marked the run-up to the conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas this summer , which took dozens of Israeli lives and more than 2,100 Palestinian lives . CNN 's Oren Liebermann , Amir Tal and Michael Schwartz contributed to this report .
two Israeli riot police and a cyclist were killed . The suspect was shot and severely wounded .