JERUSALEM, March 18, 2018 (WAFA) – An unidentified Palestinian was fatally shot by Israeli police in the Old City of Jerusalem after he allegedly stabbed and critically injured an Israeli security guard.
According to Jerusalem post, “Israel‘s Shin Bet Security Agency said that the attacker was from the West Bank, although earlier reports from Israel‘s Channel 10 television stated that Turkish identity papers were found on the body of the alleged assailant.”
An Israeli police spokesman confirmed the attack, near the Western Wall, and said the assailant was "neutralized" but gave no further details, as reported by Jerusalem post.
Israeli police blocked all gates leading to the Old city of Jerusalem, along with roads and streets adjacent to the historic walls of Jerusalem, and blocked Qalandia and Jaba’a checkpoints in the aftermath of the alleged attack, amid high tension and heavy deployment of troops near Jerusalem’s walls and inside the Old City of Jerusalem.
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