Border police officer lightly hurt in stabbing attack at Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate

A Border Police officer was lightly wounded on September 15 evening in a stabbing attack at the Damascus Gate entrance to Jerusalem’s Old City, Report informs referring to The Times of Israel.

The assailant attacked the officer with a sharp object, before attempting to flee into the Old City, police said.

Other Border Police officers then shot the assailant, killing him.
Hebrew media identified the assailant as Ziad Abu Subeih, 33, from Ar’ara Banegev, a Bedouin town near the southern city of Beersheba.

Magen David Adom paramedics told Hebrew media they arrived at the scene and provided immediate medical care to the stabbed officer, in his 20s, who was fully conscious.

He was then taken to a hospital, suffering a wound to his upper body.

Surveillance camera footage published by the police Sunday evening showed the stabbing.