Jewish man stabbed in Jerusalem near Old City
Victim was assaulted from behind by Arab attacker armed with a screwdriver; police search area
A Jewish man was stabbed while walking along a street in Jerusalem on Sunday evening. His attacker fled after the assault.
The victim, 32, from the Breslov Hassidic sect, was on Hanevi’im Street, which lies close to the seam between West and East Jerusalem, when an Arab man attacked him from behind with a screwdriver and stabbed him in the back, Channel 2 reported.
The stabbed man managed to make his way to the Border Police station at the Old City’s Damascus Gate. The police escorted the victim to the Western Wall, where Magen David Adom emergency crews gave him first aid. He was then evacuated to Shaare Zedek Medical Center, where he was said to be in light to moderate condition.
The assailant fled on foot in the direction of Damascus Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem. Police closed off the entrances to the Old City.
Police suspect nationalistic motives in the attack.
Last week, two Israelis were killed in stabbing attacks by Palestinians on the same day.
Israel Defense Forces soldier Almog Shiloni was stabbed to death in Tel Aviv; and 26-year-old Dalia Lemkus was killed outside the Alon Shvut settlement in the West Bank last Monday.