Three cops were wounded in a terrorist stabbing attack in Jerusalem’s Old City Thursday morning.
According to Israel Police, the suspect, a resident of the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina, entered the Old city's Muslim Quarter from the Damascus Gate and aroused the suspicion of Jerusalem District Police and Border Police cops stationed there.
Law enforcement at scene of suspected attack
As they stopped him for questioning, the suspect pulled out a knife and lunged at the force, stabbing one of the cops in the upper body and moderately wounding him.
Other policemen opened fire at the Palestinian assailant and he was later pronounced dead on scene. Two cops were lightly hurt in the shootout, one of them from shrapnel.
First responders administered first aid to the policemen on scene and transported them to the capital’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center.
"The area is closed to pedestrians to manage the scene," the police said. "Meanwhile, the Jerusalem District Police Command is conducting a situation assessment at the scene of the incident."
The attack comes just hours after a Palestinian terrorist rammed an IDF officer at the Bell checkpoint on the major Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway Route 443 with his van before the driver gets out of the car and appears to try to attack the victim with a pickaxe.
The injured officer then shot the Palestinian assailant, killing him.
The officer, in his 20s, was taken to Shaare Zedek, where he was listed in serious but stable condition, according to medical officials.
First published: 10:14, 11.03.22