Al Qassam website - A Palestinian bus driver was hanged to death by Jewish settlers late Sunday night in the industrial zone Givat Shaul in west Jerusalem.



The bus driver was identified as 32-year-old Yousuf Khamis al-Rammouni, a resident of Attour neighborhood in east Jerusalem.



Rammouni, who works as a bus driver for the Israeli bus company "Egged," was found physically subdued and strangled with his own tie at the Har Hotzvim bus depot, hanging from one of the bus's interior bars, according to different news reports.



His body was transferred to Hadassah hospital for an autopsy. Pictures of his dead body show clearly bruises on his body and signs of strangulation on his neck.



Soon after the Israeli police hastened to claim that the victim committed suicide, eyewitnesses said they saw a number of settlers fleeing the scene.



Other Palestinians working for Israeli bus companies in Jerusalem said that Jewish settlers recently threatened to kill Rammouni and other drivers.



Extremist settlers have intensified their terrorist attacks lately against Palestinians as the Israeli police usually cover up their crimes.



The incident caused an immediate Palestinian uproar in different areas of east Jerusalem, especially in Attour neighborhood.



Meanwhile, the Palestinian bus drivers in occupied Jerusalem said they would stage a general strike on Monday in protest at the killing of their colleague.