East Jerusalem man said arrested over yesterday’s suspected terror stabbing

Hebrew media reports that an East Jerusalem man has been arrested on suspicion of stabbing and seriously wounding a 74-year-old woman in her home, an incident police are said to be probing as a suspected terror attack.

The woman was found seriously injured, with bruises and stab wounds, in her apartment in central Jerusalem, according to an Israel Police statement yesterday. The Shin Bet security service is involved in the investigation, multiple reports have said.

The Ynet news site reports that the suspect likely broke into the apartment on Koresh Streetץ The victim’s condition has improved and she is now defined as moderately injured.

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