RAMALLAH, Aug 18 (NNN-WAFA) – The Israeli police shot dead yesterday, a Palestinian young man, in the old city in East Jerusalem, after he stabbed an Israeli police officer and wounded him, Palestinian and Israeli sources said.
The sources said that, an Israeli police force shot and killed the Palestinian young man, who stabbed an Israeli police officer, in Bab Hatta, in East Jerusalem.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said, in a press statement that, the Israeli police in the city, prevented its medical teams from reaching the area to provide first aid to the seriously wounded Palestinian.
Meanwhile, Israeli radio reported that an Israeli police officer, opened fire at a Palestinian young man in East Jerusalem and killed him, after he stabbed and wounded another officer in the old city.
Following the incident, Palestinian sources said that, the Israeli police closed the gates that lead to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and deployed a large number of police forces in the old city.
