Man killed in Jerusalem stabbing attack
Young Arab man detained for security check in Gilo neighborhood pulls out knife, stabs policeman. Terrorist shot but manages to escape, stabbing 86-year-old man, who later dies of wounds at hospital; assailant arrested
A young Arab man murdered a civilian and injured a police officer in Jerusalem's Gilo neighborhood on Thursday morning.
Eighty-six-year-old Avraham Ozeri was critically injured and evacuated to the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in the capital, where he died of his wounds. The police officer, 32, sustained light to moderate wounds and was evacuated to the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital.
The terrorist sustained moderate to serious wounds in his stomach after being shot by the injured policeman. He was also taken to the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital.
Scene of attack (Photo: Gil Yohanan)
According to an initial report, the incident began when two police officers detained the young Arab man for a security check, but he pulled out a knife and stabbed one of them. The injured policeman pulled out his gun, shot and injured the terrorist, who fled the scene with the knife in his hand.
The assailant went on to stab the civilian, before being captured by another citizen and a municpal inspector.
Yoav Mizrahi, the citizen who captured the terrorist, recounted the incident. "I arrived with my car and saw an Arab man on the street fighting with the policeman. I stopped the car, when suddenly the guy pulled out a knife and began stabbing the policeman, who tried to defend himself. I ran and called out to him…
"The officer fell down, got up and fired at the fleeing terrorist before collapsing on the ground. While escaping, the Arab stabbed an elderly man walking across from him and that man collapsed.
"The terrorist continued running, and I ran after him and yelled at him to stop in Arabic. About 150 meters later I caught him from behind, dropped him to the ground and held on to him together with an inspector until the security forces arrived."
About two weeks ago, a stabbing attack was foiled at the Cave of the Patriarchs near the West Bank city of Hebron, when Border Guard officers stationed at the scene succeeded in preventing a 16-year old Palestinian resident of the city from assaulting worshippers in the cave with a knife.
