One person was seriously injured in a suspected stabbing attack near the Jaffa Gate of Jerusalem’s Old City on Wednesday, according to Israel Police.
The assailant assaulted a man in his 50s with a butcher’s knife on the promenade next to the Jaffa Gate. The man was conscious and in serious condition and was treated at the scene by Magen David Adom medics.
The assailant was apprehended by police at the scene.
Police chief Kobi Shabtai and Jerusalem District commander Doron Turgeman was present at the scene.
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