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Sunday, September 2, 2018
Palestinian woman armed with a knife arrested at checkpoint near Jerusalem
Israeli security forces arrest a Palestinian woman armed with a knife at the Qalandiya checkpoint near Jerusalem.
Police say the woman was planning to carry out a stabbing attack.
The statement sats the woman raised suspicions when she approached the checkpoint on the vehicle access route instead of the pedestrian passageway.
When she ignored instructions to stop, polic said security forces subdued her with pepper spray, and a knife was found in her bag.