Knife-carrying Palestinian teen nabbed at Jerusalem checkpoint
Police say suspect admitted planning an attack; officer praises troops’ vigilance
Judah Ari Gross is The Times of Israel's religions and Diaspora affairs correspondent.
A Palestinian youth from a Jerusalem-area refugee camp was arrested at a checkpoint Thursday after police discovered a knife under his clothing.
The youth, aged around 16, from the Shuafat refugee camp on the north-eastern outskirts of Jerusalem, attempted to enter the city via the check-point near the camp.
Suspicious border police and soldiers checked him out and discovered a knife tucked against his back.
In an initial investigation, the youth admitted he had planned to attack someone from the security services, a Jerusalem police spokesperson said.
The commander of the Border Police battalion responsible for the area around northern Jerusalem said the vigilance of the police and soldiers and their “operational preparedness” enabled them to identify unusual behavior at the checkpoint, something which prevented injury to innocent people.
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