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Palestinian assailant dead in Jerusalem stabbing attack: police

An Israeli checkpoints bars the entrance to Sheikh Jarrah, a day after the Supreme Court froze the eviction of four Palestinian families from the flashpoint east Jerusalem neighborhood, on March 2, 2022. (AP)
An Israeli checkpoints bars the entrance to Sheikh Jarrah, a day after the Supreme Court froze the eviction of four Palestinian families from the flashpoint east Jerusalem neighborhood, on March 2, 2022. (AP)
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06 Mar 2022 03:03:46 GMT9
06 Mar 2022 03:03:46 GMT9

JERUSALEM: Israeli police killed a Palestinian man on Sunday morning after he stabbed an officer in Jerusalem, police said.

The man “approached police officers who were stationed at the Bab Huta Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem, pulled out a knife and stabbed one of them,” the police statement said, adding that the 19-year-old assailant was shot dead.

AFP

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