A Border Police officer was seriously wounded in a stabbing attack near the Shivtei Israel light rail station in Jerusalem on Monday morning, according to emergency services.
The suspected terrorist was apprehended by police. The wounded police officer was transferred to Shaare Zedek Medical Center.
"When we arrived at the scene we encountered a patient with a stab wound in his upper body. We gave him first aid at the scene and then he was transferred by a police ambulance," said United Hatzalah medics Pinchas Butz and Eli Avraham.
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Footage from the area and the Old City of Jerusalem showed Israeli security forces on alert, with Palestinian media claiming that entry to the Old City and the Temple Mount was restricted after the attack.
"Your vigilance, determination, and striving for contact are worthy of mention, well done. You prevented a larger attack with your activity, if you had not come he would have taken the weapon and used it and harmed civilians," said Brik Yitzhak, the commander of Border Police.
Attack comes two weeks after last attack in Jerusalem
The attack comes about two weeks after a police officer was seriously wounded and another officer was lightly wounded in a shooting attack targeting a police station near the Damascus Gate of Jerusalem's Old City.