A Palestinian woman attempted a knife attack at the Ammunition Hill light rail station in Jerusalem on Sunday afternoon before she was shot, police said.
There were no other injuries in the alleged attack.
Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai arrived at the scene within minutes after running over from police headquarters across the street.
According to police officials, the alleged attacker tried to stab a light rail guard, who then shot her in the leg.
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According to medical officials cited by police, the suspect was in good condition. Police identified her as a 50-year-old resident of the predominantly Jewish neighborhood of Pisgat Zeev.
The security guard who shot the suspect told Shabtai at the scene that the woman had begun to approach him in a suspicious manner.
The knife with which a Palestinian woman allegedly tried to stab a security guard at the Ammunition Hill light rail station in Jerusalem on July 9, 2023. (Israeli Police)
“I asked her if she needed help and she put her hand in her pocket and pulled out a knife. I stepped back, cocked my gun, fired two shots in the air and told her to drop the knife,” the guard said.
“She didn’t drop it, so I shot her knee once.”
Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai (centre) at the scene of an attempted knife attack at Ammunition Hill light rail station in Jerusalem, July 9, 2023. (Israeli Police)
The attempted attack comes at a time when tensions between Israelis and Palestinians in the region have been running high for a year and a half, as the military raids the West Bank almost nightly amid a string of deadly Palestinian terrorist attacks.