The knife suspect planned to attack troops with
Courtesy of Israel Police
Border Police soldiers stop terrorist who tried to stab them
Suspect ignored troops' instructions to identify himself, drawing a knife from his coat pocket; soldier hit the suspect with his weapon, neutralizing him.
Border Police fighters arrested a terrorist who tried to stab one of them on Monday night in Qalqilya.
The Judea and Samaria Border Police soldiers were setting up a barricade near their base when the Palestinian, a resident of Qalqilya in his late twenties, approached them.
They ordered him to stop so they can conduct a security check on him, but the suspect ignored the soldiers' instructions to identify himself.
Suspect taken into custody (צילום: חטיבת דובר המשטרה)
When he drew a knife from his coat pocket just a short distance from the troops, one of the soldiers hit the suspect hard in the upper body with his weapon, causing the Palestinian to drop the knife and freeze in place.
The suspect continued ignoring the soldiers' instructions so the troops cocked their weapons in warning and ordered him to remove his coat and lie on the floor so they could search him.
At this point the fighters noticed the suspect was once against putting his hand in his coat pocket, leading one of the soldiers to fire a rubber bullet in the air in warning.
This act caused the suspect to obey the troops' instructions, and they searched him for more weapons. He was then arrested and taken to the Kedumim police station for questioning.
The commander of the Border Police's Judea and Samaria District, Uzi Levy, said: "We're witnessing repeated attempts to harm security forces. In this case, like in others, the soldiers' vigilance and professionalism prevented the incident from becoming worse and led to the arrest of the attacker before he could complete his mission."
