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Thursday, February 20, 2025
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Thursday, February 20, 2025
Woman moderately injured by axe-wielding assailant in Jerusalem’s Old City
Police at the scene of an axe attack in Jerusalem's Old City that moderately injured a woman, February 19, 2025 (Israel Police)
Police say a woman in Jerusalem’s Old City was attacked by a man with an axe in her home.
The suspect then fled the scene.
The woman, in her seventies, was rushed to a hospital in moderate condition.
“Numerous police forces… were dispatched to the scene and are currently operating in the area to locate the suspect and investigate the circumstances of the incident,” police say.
