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Thursday, August 17, 2017
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Thursday, August 17, 2017
Police arrest E. Jerusalem man carrying 30-centimeter knife
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePolice arrest a Palestinian man in his twenties from the Shuafat refugee camp in East Jerusalem after finding a 30-centimeter (12-inch) knife in his backpack.
Police are alerted to the knife by a woman from the refugee camp who approaches officers at a checkpoint near the camp and tell them she saw a young man pack a knife into a backpack and board a bus.
The officers then locate the bus, board it and search the man’s belongings, finding the knife hidden in a bag of cotton balls.
In a statement, police say the woman’s report demonstrates the “public’s trust in the police.”
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