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From the Liveblog of Sunday, June 21, 2015

Police post photo of knife used in stabbing attack

21 June 2015, 9:31 pm

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Israeli Police post a picture of the knife used in this morning’s terror attack in Jerusalem’s Old City, where a Border Police officer was critically injured after being stabbed in the heart, neck and chest by an 18-year-old Palestinian from the West Bank.

The knife used in the terror attack on June 21, 2015 in Jerusalem's Old City in which a Border Police officer was stabbed in the heart, neck and chest. (Israel Police) — The knife used in the terror attack in Jerusalem’s Old City in which a Border Police officer was stabbed in the heart, neck and chest, June 21, 2015. (Israel Police)

The officer was stabilized, but his condition remains life-threatening.

The stabber was identified as Yasser Tarwa from the town of Sa’ir, near Hebron.

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