Stabbing attempt near Jerusalem, Palestinian attacker killed
The incident occurred in an area adjacent to Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem
Israeli security forces stand guard at the site of stabbing attack by an alleged Palestinian assailant at Damascus Gate, the main entrance to Jerusalem's Old City, on November 10, 2015. PHOTO: AFP
JERUSALEM:
A Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli border policeman near the West Bank village of Abu Dis Tuesday and was killed by security forces, police said, in the day's third attack.
Other border policemen opened fire at the attacker, who was declared dead at the scene, a statement said.
The incident occurred in an area adjacent to Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem.
Earlier in the day, violence returned to Jerusalem after a recent lull with two separate attacks, police said.
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One saw a knife-wielding Palestinian run toward two security guards near Damascus Gate, the main entrance to Jerusalem's Old City, and the guards shot him.
The man, named as Mohammed Nimr, 37, from the east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Issawiya, died of his wounds in a Jerusalem hospital.
And in the east Jerusalem Jewish settlement of Pisgat Zeev, two knife-wielding Palestinian boys, aged 12 and 14, attacked a security guard.
The younger of the boys, from east Jerusalem's Shuafat refugee camp, was shot and seriously wounded. The other, also from east Jerusalem, was arrested.
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While knife and car-ramming assaults have continued in the occupied West Bank during a weeks-long surge of violence, Tuesday's attacks were the first in Jerusalem in more than a week.
The unrest has killed 10 Israelis and at least 77 people on the Palestinian side -- one of them an Israeli Arab -- since October 1. Many of the Palestinians killed were alleged attackers.
A Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli border policeman near the West Bank village of Abu Dis Tuesday and was killed by security forces, police said, in the day's third attack.
Other border policemen opened fire at the attacker, who was declared dead at the scene, a statement said.
The incident occurred in an area adjacent to Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem.
Earlier in the day, violence returned to Jerusalem after a recent lull with two separate attacks, police said.
Arab League seeks end to Israel's violent 'escalation'
One saw a knife-wielding Palestinian run toward two security guards near Damascus Gate, the main entrance to Jerusalem's Old City, and the guards shot him.
The man, named as Mohammed Nimr, 37, from the east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Issawiya, died of his wounds in a Jerusalem hospital.
And in the east Jerusalem Jewish settlement of Pisgat Zeev, two knife-wielding Palestinian boys, aged 12 and 14, attacked a security guard.
The younger of the boys, from east Jerusalem's Shuafat refugee camp, was shot and seriously wounded. The other, also from east Jerusalem, was arrested.
Israeli officers shoot dead knife-wielding Palestinian woman
While knife and car-ramming assaults have continued in the occupied West Bank during a weeks-long surge of violence, Tuesday's attacks were the first in Jerusalem in more than a week.
The unrest has killed 10 Israelis and at least 77 people on the Palestinian side -- one of them an Israeli Arab -- since October 1. Many of the Palestinians killed were alleged attackers.