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Israeli stabbed in Jerusalem, attacker arrested: police

Israeli stabbed in Jerusalem, attacker arrested: police

April 14, 2017 | 02:34 PM
Israeli policemen block a road where the light train passes following a stabbing attack just outside Jerusalem's Old City, according to Israeli police. Reuters
An Israeli woman was stabbed and seriously wounded in Jerusalem on Friday and her attacker arrested, a police spokeswoman said.The attack took place on the light railway close to the Old City, where Christian commemorations were under way for Good Friday as Jews marked the week-long Passover holiday.The woman, who is her 20s, was in a "critical condition", the emergency services said.A wave of unrest which erupted in October 2015 has claimed the lives of 260 Palestinians, 41 Israelis, two Americans, one Jordanian, an Eritrean and a Sudanese, according to an AFP count.Most of the Palestinians killed were carrying out knife, gun or car-ramming attacks, the Israeli authorities say.Others were shot dead during protests or clashes, while some were killed in Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip.The violence has greatly subsided in recent months.
April 14, 2017 | 02:34 PM