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| Three Israelis wounded in latest Jerusalem stabbing attack | |
| 2015-12-24 | |
| Israeli security forces shot dead two Palestinians who had gone on a stabbing spree along a popular walkway in Jerusalem wounding three people in what police described as a "terrorist attack". Wednesday's stabbings took place right outside the Jaffa Gate, one of the main entrances to Jerusalem's walled Old City. "Paramilitary border policewomen saw terrorists armed with knives stabbing a man," police spokeswoman Luba Samri said. "They fired toward the terrorists and neutralized them." She added that the two Palestinians were killed. Three Israelis were seriously wounded in the attack, according to emergency medical workers and Samri said one of the victims may have also been wounded by police gunfire. Samri said the assailants were from the West Bank and local mosques mourned their deaths. Almost daily stabbings, shootings and car-rammings by Palestinians have killed 19 Israelis and a US citizen since October. Israeli forces or armed civilians have killed at least 118 Palestinians, 70 of whom authorities described as assailants, while others died in clashes with security forces.
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| Posted by:Steve White |