Would-be Har Homa attacker identified as East Jerusalem teen

Palestinian media names the would-be attacker killed in Jerusalem earlier today as Naim Ahmad Yusef, a 17-year-old from East Jerusalem.

Police say Yusef was shot dead when he rushed at a group of police at the Mazmoriya checkpoint near the Har Homa neighborhood with a knife.

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