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| Man moderately hurt in Jerusalem stabbing attack, Palestinian assailant shot |
| 2022-07-21 |
| [IsraelTimes] Victim, 41, attacked with screwdriver on bus near Ramot; civilian shoots stabber before officers reach area. An Israeli man was moderately hurt in a suspected terror stabbing attack on a bus near Jerusalem’s northeastern Ramot neighborhood on Tuesday, police and medics said. The 41-year-old man was stabbed in the head by a Paleostinian man, also in his 40s, while traveling on bus line 137, near the Ramot Junction, officials said. He was taken to the Shaare Zedek Medical Center, which said his condition was not life-threatening. According to police, the assailant attacked the man on the bus with a screwdriver during the ride, as the bus left Ramot. The driver then halted and the passengers fled the bus, police said. The alleged assailant was shot and maimed by a passerby, Meshi Ben Ami, a Ynet news site photographer, who noticed the incident shortly before officers arrived at the scene. "I got out of the car, loaded my gun and realized it was a terror attack. The stabber came to me, I did not hesitate and fired one bullet at him. I heard him praying in Arabic," Ben Ami told the Kan public broadcaster. The suspected stabber was taken to a hospital, where he was listed as being in moderate condition, police said. A defense official told The Times of Israel that the stabber had a permit to enter Israel, but did not carry a BMC (businessman card) permit given to senior Paleostinian businesspeople, as several Hebrew-language media outlets reported. Rather, the brother of the assailant had a BMC permit, the official said. Police added thon the lam numbers of officers arrived at the scene, and were investigating the circumstances. Jerusalem District Commander Doron Turgeman held an assessment at the scene. A spokesperson for the Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood, terror group praised the attack. In a statement, Hazem Qassem said the stabbing was an "act of heroism," adding that it was a "natural response to the crimes of the occupation against the holy places of Islam and Christianity in Jerusalem." "The attack once again emphasizes the failure of attempts to stop the resistance in the occupied West Bank and the city of Jerusalem," the statement said. Earlier this month, a Paleostinian man was arrested for allegedly attacking and seriously wounding an Israeli man near the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak. Last month, a Paleostinian man was detained on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City after he allegedly attempted to stab officers before fleeing the scene. Between mid-March and the beginning of May, a string of deadly attacks across Israel and the West Bank left 19 people dead. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 don't they all? |
| Posted by: Chris 2022-07-21 10:52 |
| #3 Clearly had a screw loose. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-07-21 07:06 |
| #2 And two shots, people! Bang... and bang! One and two! |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2022-07-21 05:46 |
| #1 defense official told ... that the stabber had a permit to enter Israel, but did not carry a BMC permit given to senior [chuckles at own stupid joke] |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2022-07-21 05:45 |