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

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

A sharp object used in a stabbing attack at the Damascus Gate entrance to Jerusalem's Old City, September 15, 2024. (Israel Police)
A sharp object used in a stabbing attack at the Damascus Gate entrance to Jerusalem's Old City, September 15, 2024. (Israel Police)

A Border Police officer was lightly wounded in the stabbing attack at the Damascus Gate entrance to Jerusalem’s Old City this evening, police say.

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

Other Border Police officers then shot the assailant.

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