Posted on 10/03/15
| News Source: Times of Israel
A Palestinian stabbed an Israeli teen outside Jerusalem’s Old City early Sunday morning, in the second such attack in the past day.
The suspected assailant was reportedly shot dead by Israeli security forces.
Initial reports indicated that the 15-year-old victim was in moderate condition and received treated on site by paramedics.
The attacker reportedly fled the scene after stabbing the teen. A video posted online appeared to show him several hundred yards from the site of the attack, on the light rail tracks, where he was shot by police officers.
The identity of the attacker was not immediately available, and the circumstances of the incident weren’t immediately clear.
The stabbing came just hours after Nehemia Lavi and Aharon Benet were killed in a terrorist attack in the Old City, and Benet’s wife and child were injured.
The Palestinian terrorist was identified as Muhanad Shafeq Halabi, 19, from al-Bireh, near Ramallah in the West Bank. He was shot dead by police.
Benet’s wife was in serious condition and their two-year-old baby was lightly wounded. The mother was taken to Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem and is undergoing surgery. The toddler was taken to Shaare Zedek Medical Center for treatment where he remains in stable condition.