Knife attack in Jerusalem's Old City, Palestinian assailant shot dead
Israeli security forces in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem on February 14, 2022. REUTERS - AMMAR AWAD
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Israeli security forces on Sunday morning (March 6) killed a Palestinian man who tried to stab policemen stationed in the Old City of Jerusalem, in the eastern part of the city, police said.
The assailant, a 19-year-old Palestinian from East Jerusalem annexed and occupied by Israel, wounded one of the policemen with a knife before being shot.
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A young Palestinian man was killed by security forces in East Jerusalem on Sunday after stabbing a policeman.
Israeli security forces on Sunday morning (March 6) killed a Palestinian man who tried to stab police officers stationed in the Old City of Jerusalem, in the eastern part of the city, police said.
The assailant, a 19-year-old Palestinian from Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem, stabbed one of the officers before being shot, police said.
“
This morning, after 4:30 a.m., a terrorist (19 years old, East Jerusalem) approached the police officers who were posted at the Bab Huta gate (one of the gates leading to the esplanade of the mosques, editor’s note) in the Old City of Jerusalem.
He pulled out a knife and stabbed one of them
,” police said in a statement.
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The police responded with bullets and the medical services arrived on the scene "
determined the death of the terrorist
", specifies the text.
The Old City of Jerusalem has been the site of numerous attacks against Israeli targets in recent years.
From October 2015 and for months, Jerusalem, the occupied West Bank and Israel had been the scene of anti-Israeli stabbing attacks most often committed by isolated Palestinian youths.
While such attacks have since declined, violence and clashes increased in the West Bank last year, according to recent data from the Israeli military and the UN.
With AFP
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