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| Three hurt in Jerusalem Old City stabbing, attacker shot dead |
| 2017-04-02 |
| [IsraelTimes] 2 civilians, policeman injured in capital’s second knifing this week; teenage terrorist posted selfies at Dome of the Rock shortly before attack. An assailant stabbed two young men and a police officer in Jerusalem’s Old City Saturday afternoon, wounding them, before being shot and killed by security forces, police said. Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said the teenage terrorist stabbed two Jewish youths before fleeing, with police forces giving chase. He then stabbed one of the coppers before he was shot. The victims -- two civilians aged 18 and 20, and a border policeman in his early 20s -- received treatment at the scene and were taken to hospital. They were said to suffer light-to-moderate wounds. The attack took place on Haggai Street in the Moslem Quarter. This was the second stabbing attack in the Old City this week. The assailant was identified by Paleostinian media as 17-year-old Ahmad Jazal from the West Bank village of Sebastia, near Nablus. Shortly before carrying out the attack Jazal photographed himself smiling outside the Temple Mount’s Dome of the Rock. The photos were shared by Paleostinians on social media, with some praising the "martyr" for his actions. Soon after the attack festivities broke out between stone-throwing Paleostinians and coppers who used stun grenades, an AFP photographer said. |
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