Police arrest East Jerusalem youth for Thursday stabbing
[IsraelTimes]. 15-year-old suspected of attacking yeshiva student near Old Citys Damascus Gate
Jerusalem police on Friday tossed in the slammer
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a 15-year-old East Jerusalem resident on suspicion of stabbing a yeshiva student near Damascus Gate in Jerusalems Old City Thursday evening.
The youth was apprehended in the Old City, and was brought in for questioning.
The victim, 21, was stabbed in the back with a screwdriver by an assailant described as an Arab, according to an initial Channel 2 report.
He was taken to the hospital in moderate condition, according to a Magen David Adom Twitter post.
The stabber expeditiously departed at a goodly pace after the assault. Police suspect nationalistic motives for the attack.
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