Israeli teen moderately hurt in East Jerusalem stabbing
Suspected terrorist flees on foot after thrusting screwdriver into victim, according to police, rescuers
A Palestinian man stabbed an Israeli with a screwdriver in East Jerusalem on Thursday, police said.
The victim was moderately hurt, with several stab wounds in his upper body, according to the Magen David Adom rescue service.
He was identified as 18 years old and Jewish, “apparently a seminary student,” an MDA statement said.
Police forces were at the scene of the attack in Jerusalem’s A-Tur neighborhood.
The suspected attacker, reportedly a Palestinian, fled on foot.
#BREAKING: #Palestinian stabbing attack in #Jerusalem: One Israeli lightly wounded. Terrorist fled the scene pic.twitter.com/UxBHfVlCtH
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Police have launched a manhunt in the area.
The victim has been taken to Hadassah Hospital on Mount Scopus.
Since October, 35 Israelis and four foreign nationals have been killed in a wave of Palestinian stabbing, car-ramming, and shooting attacks. At least 214 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli security forces in the same period, some two-thirds of them while carrying out attacks against Israelis, and the rest during clashes with troops, mostly in the West Bank, the IDF says.
The Times of Israel Community.