A police officer in the West Bank shot and injured Palestinian terrorist who tried to assault an IDF soldier at a bus stop on Route 90, in the Jordan Valley, police said on Friday. The incident took place near the settlement of Tomer, where the soldier was waiting at a bus stop when he was struck in the head by a rock thrown by the suspect. RELATED: Political perils, profits of a military response to terror Jaffa police seeking suspect in weapon snatching attemptJudea and Samaria Traffic Officer First-Sgt. Zakaria Shafso was in the area during the attack and identified the suspect. He opened fire and injured the suspect, police said. A helicopter evacuated both suspect and soldier to the Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center in Jerusalem. Police Insp.-Gen. David Cohen has praised the actions of the officer. The incident comes less than a week after a reserve soldier was stabbed in Jaffa, in an attempt to snatch his weapon in broad daylight. The reserve soldier, 22, of Kfar Saba, was on the way to a bus stop at around 8 a.m. on Sunday in Jaffa, when he was set upon from behind by the man. He struggled with the suspect and sustained a stab wound, before the attacker ran off with his firearm. The soldier gave chase together with a passer-by, and the suspect threw away the stolen gun before getting away.
