Israeli police shot useless an attacker after he stabbed a border officer at a gate to Jerusalem’s Previous Metropolis on Sunday night, police stated.
The attacker stabbed the border police officer close to the Damascus Gate within the historic partitions of the Previous Metropolis.
“The stabbed officer was evenly wounded and was evacuated for medical remedy,” the police stated in a press release.
“Border Cops engaged with the terrorist, neutralised him with gunfire, and concluded the assault swiftly,” the police stated.
A police spokesman later advised AFP the attacker had been shot useless. He didn’t present particulars in regards to the attacker’s id.
Tensions between Palestinians and Israeli Jews are frequent within the Previous Metropolis and have solely heightened for the reason that begin of the Gaza conflict greater than 11 months in the past.
In a separate assertion, Israel’s Magen David Adom emergency service stated the 20-year-old wounded officer had an damage to his higher physique.
Police and border forces had been on the scene and investigating the incident, it added.
Jerusalem, and specifically the Previous Metropolis, is a holy metropolis for the three Abrahamic religions and stays a key challenge on the coronary heart of the Israeli-Palestinian battle.
Israel claims Jerusalem as its indivisible capital, however the United Nations and the worldwide neighborhood take into account Israel’s annexation of east Jerusalem to be unlawful.
Palestinians aspire to make occupied east Jerusalem, which incorporates the walled Previous Metropolis and its holy websites, the capital of a future unbiased state.
