The attack occurred when a public bus traveling from Bnei Brak to the Shomron community of Emanuel was bombed and fired upon from three different directions at about 6 PM. The Dan Company #189 bus was about 500-700 meters from the entrance to Emanuel when two roadside bombs were detonated alongside it, killing four passengers almost instantly. The driver somehow managed to keep driving out of the line of fire as three terrorists began spraying the area with automatic weapons fire - including against people fleeing for safety as well as other cars. One terrorist actually stood on the road and continued firing; one car ran him down, but he kept firing until a jeep ran him over and killed him. The two other terrorists escaped, not before they fired on emergency vehicles that arrived on the scene. Some 30 wounded people were taken to hospitals in Tel Aviv, Kfar Sava, and Petach Tikvah.