An Israeli police officer was wounded in a stabbing attack in the occupied Old City of Jerusalem, by a Turkish national, according to Israeli authorities.
According to the police, the assailant charged at the border police officer near Herod’s Gate entrance and stabbed him.
The wounded man and another officer on the scene fought off and shot the attacker dead, it added.
According to Israel’s national ambulance service, the 30-year-old police officer is in a conscious and moderate condition.
The suspect was later identified by the police as Hasan Saklanan, a 34-year-old Turkish tourist.
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