Police: Jerusalem attacker shot while trying to stab guard

Israel Police say the terrorist shot by security forces in Jerusalem was a knife-wielding Palestinian who ran to attack a security guard protecting a family walking through the Damascus Gate.

Officers on the scene who saw the Arab man with the knife shot him.

No other injuries besides those of the attacker are reported.

— Judah Ari Gross

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