A Jewish Israeli man is in stable condition after being stabbed in the back of his neck by a knife-wielding female terrorist, whom he was able to shoot, near Jerusalem's Lion's Gate in the Old City on Wednesday morning.
It is the second stabbing attack at the historic site, located in the Arab Quarter's Hagai Street, in five days.
According to Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld, CCTV surveillance footage showed the unidentified 18-year-old woman following the 35-year-old man as he entered the Old City via Damascus gate at approximately 10:30 a.m.
"She closely followed him, and when she had the opportunity, the footage shows her stabbing him in the neck from behind," said Rosenfeld. "He was armed, and was able to draw his weapon and shoot the female terrorist at close range."
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