A three-month-old baby was killed while several other people were injured on Wednesday when a car crashed into a crowd at a light rail station in Jerusalem in what Israeli officials are calling a Hamas terrorist attack.

The incident occurred Wednesday evening when a man drove a car into a light rail train station near Ammunition Hill and ran over people getting off the train. Eight people were wounded, mostly with light to moderate injuries, including the suspected terrorist and the baby girl's father. One woman was reported to be in serious condition. However, the baby died at Hadassah Hospital on Mount Scopus a few hours later. 

The suspect, who is believed to be from the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, was shot by police when he tried to escape from the scene on foot. The driver was then arrested and hospitalized with moderate to serious wounds.

"A private car which arrived from the direction of the French Hill junction hit a number of pedestrians who were on the pavement and injured nine of them," police spokeswoman Luba Samri said in a statement, according to The Times of Israel.

"Initial indications suggest this is a hit-and-run terror attack," Samri added.

Prime Minister's Office spokesperson Ofir Gendelman identified the driver as a member of terror group Hamas on a post on his official Twitter feed.

"The Palestinian terrorist who ran over 8 people in Jerusalem this evening, injuring them and killing a baby, was a member of Hamas," reads the tweet.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered police reinforcements in Jerusalem and blamed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for the attack.

"That's how Abu Mazen's [Abbas'] partners in government act, the same Abu Mazen who just a few days ago incited to an attack on Jews in Jerusalem," said the Prime Minister, reports Haartez.