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| Police say they foiled two Jerusalem stabbing attacks in past 2 weeks |
| 2023-04-14 |
| [IsraelTimes] Bedouin woman was arrested last week while carrying scissors near Damascus Gate; Jerusalem man told cops he planned to take knife from his restaurant job to carry out an attack The Israel Police announced on Thursday that it had foiled two separate attempted terror attacks in Jerusalem’s Old City before and during the Passover holiday. According to police, two suspects were arrested since the start of April who are accused of planning to carry out stabbing attacks in the capital. In one incident, police said a woman from the Bedouin town of Rahat was arrested on April 2 on suspicion of planning to stab a group of coppers. Police said the woman, 31, was arrested near Damascus Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City after officers saw her walking around with her hand inside her bag, approached her and found she was carrying scissors. She later confessed that she was planning to use them to stab an officer in the capital, police said. The woman was arraigned in court on Thursday, and her remand in jug was extended until Monday, when prosecutors intend to file an indictment at the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court. In a separate incident, police said a 37-year-old resident of the A-Tur neighborhood of East Jerusalem was arrested in recent days in the Old City while wearing a mask. Police discovered that the man was violating the terms of a legal order to stay out of the Old City, after he was recently caught hanging the flags of a terror organization atop the Temple Mount. According to police, the suspect confessed during questioning that he had intended to carry out a stabbing attack in Jerusalem using a knife he planned to take from a restaurant in the capital where he works as a cook. The suspect’s remand has been extended through Monday. |
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