JERUSALEM: A Palestinian woman tried to stab Israeli guards at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Jerusalem on Wednesday, Israeli police said, with Palestinian officials reporting she was shot dead.
“At the security checkpoint at Zaim a female suspect attempted to stab security guards that were on patrol in the area” and “units responded,” police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said in a statement, without giving further details.
The Palestinian health ministry said the woman was killed by Israeli fire east of Jerusalem.
Palestinian woman tries to stab Israeli guards, shot dead: officials
Palestinian woman tries to stab Israeli guards, shot dead: officials
- The Palestinian health ministry said the woman was killed by Israeli fire east of Jerusalem
- “At the security checkpoint at Zaim a female suspect attempted to stab security guards that were on patrol in the area,” a police spokesman said
