Palestinian indicted for Jerusalem stabbing
Muhammad al-Badan, 21, from Tekoa charged with murdering 86-year-old Avraham Ozeri in Jerusalem last month
A Palestinian man from the village of Tekoa was indicted at the Jerusalem District Court Thursday for murder, attempted murder and staying in Israel illegally. The man, 21-year-old Muhammad al-Badan, stabbed 86-year-old Avraham Ozeri to death in the city last month.
According to the indictment, about a month ago al-Badan decided to carry out a terror attack against Jews. He bought a knife in Bethlehem for this purpose and then entered Israel illegally through the village of Beit Jala in east Jerusalem.
Al-Badan arrived at the Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo and wondered the streets in search of a potential victim. At some point he was spotted by a police patrol, and the officers approached him and asked to examine his papers.
At this point, the indictment claimed, al-Badan pulled out his knife and stabbed one of the policemen several times in his shoulder, back and stomach, and then fled the scene. The officer managed to fire several shots at his stabber, but despite being hit and injured al-Badan kept running.
At the course of his escape al-Badan ran into Ozeri and stabbed him twice in his upper back. Ozeri was critically wounded and died a short time later. Al-Badan was apprehended by policemen and civilians several minutes afterwards.
