Woman, border policeman injured in separate Jerusalem stabbing attacks
- 8 years ago
A woman was lightly injured in a stabbing attack at a Jerusalem bus stop on Sunday morning, the second incident within a few hours.
The attacker approached the woman, a foreign resident of Israel, from behind and stabbed her in her upper back before fleeing the scene.
Security forces immediately launched a manhunt and arrested a suspect within an hour of the attack.
The alleged attacker, a 17-year-old resident of the West Bank city of Hebron, was found on a construction site nearby.
Police said he admitted carrying out the attack and matched descriptions from eyewitnesses.
Earlier, a knife attack seriously wounded an Israeli border policeman on Sunday before fellow officers killed the assailant, police said.
The stabbing struck at Damascus Gate, the main entry point for Palestinians to the walled Old City of Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem.
Earlier this month, Israeli forces raided the offices of Al-Hurria radio station, also in Hebron, forcing it to close for six months.
The attacker approached the woman, a foreign resident of Israel, from behind and stabbed her in her upper back before fleeing the scene.
Security forces immediately launched a manhunt and arrested a suspect within an hour of the attack.
The alleged attacker, a 17-year-old resident of the West Bank city of Hebron, was found on a construction site nearby.
Police said he admitted carrying out the attack and matched descriptions from eyewitnesses.
Earlier, a knife attack seriously wounded an Israeli border policeman on Sunday before fellow officers killed the assailant, police said.
The stabbing struck at Damascus Gate, the main entry point for Palestinians to the walled Old City of Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem.
Earlier this month, Israeli forces raided the offices of Al-Hurria radio station, also in Hebron, forcing it to close for six months.