Police officer lightly hurt in apparent stabbing attack in Jerusalem’s Old City

A police officer is lightly injured in an apparent stabbing attack in the Old City of Jerusalem, medics say.

The assailant is reportedly shot, but his condition is not immediately known.

The incident occurs outside the Temple Mount near the King Faisal Gate, also known as the Gate of Darkness.

— Judah Ari Gross

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