Attacker Shot Dead after Stabbing Israeli Policeman

Arab World

April 22nd, 7:54am

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli border police members stand guard following an incident at Qalandia checkpoint in the Israeli-occupied West Bank September 18, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

An attacker was shot dead Wednesday after he hit an Israeli policeman with his van at a West Bank checkpoint and then stabbed him with a pair of scissors, police said. The man “drove his vehicle into the border policeman that was on duty," police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said in an English-language statement. He then jumped out of his vehicle and stabbed the police officer with a pair of scissors, Rosenfeld said. Other officers at the scene opened fire and killed the attacker, he said. The wounded policeman was taken to hospital but was not in a life-threatening condition, police said. A picture of the attacker's vehicle released by police showed a van with Palestinian number plates. The attack took place between the West Bank settlement of Maale Adumim and the Palestinian neighborhood of Abu Dis, on the outskirts of Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem.

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