| Suicidal, escape an impossible situation, wanted to make some money for her family, actually hoped to kill for the glory of Allah? So many reasons, but almost always they’re picked up before they accomplish anything serious. |
Border Police officers became suspicious of the teenager as she approached a security stand close to the religious site.
A search uncovered the knife, and when the officers instructed her to follow their orders, she began brandishing the weapon at them, according to police.
Officers overpowered the suspect without using weapons and detained her for questioning.
The incident came after earlier Sunday an IDF soldier was killed, another was maimed, and a civilian critically hurt in a stabbing and shooting attack near the settlement of Ariel in the northern West Bank.
The Tomb of the Patriarchs is sanctified by Jews and Moslems as the burial place of the biblical patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and matriarchs Sarah, Rebecca and Leah. In recent years, there have been numerous incidents of Paleostinians trying to smuggling knives into the complex, as well as stabbing attacks on Israelis.