“Today at about 4:30 pm, a 25-year-old ... resident of Salfit arrived at the square at the Gate of Shechem in East Jerusalem and, approaching a civilian passing by, pulled out a knife and attacked him.
He also tried to stab a border police fighter who was on duty at the scene, ”RIA Novosti quotes a message from the Israeli police press service.
It is noted that the attacker was neutralized.
According to the Israeli media, he was killed.
The victim was hospitalized.
Earlier it was reported that a man with a knife trying to enter a military facility was shot dead in the United States.