A 20-year-old man was seriously injured on Sheshet Hayamim Street in Jerusalem on Saturday in a suspected terrorist attack.
A police officer identified the suspect, a 16-year-old Palestinian from Anata in east Jerusalem, chased him into a soccer field where dozens of children from the "Blue Sky" team were training in Sheikh Jerrah - very close to the national headquarters of the police.
The officer called on the suspect to stop while aiming his sidearm at him. The suspect reached a dead end, turned toward the officer, brandished a knife - and was shot. He was evacuated to hospital in critical condition.
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Jerusalem District Police Chief, Doron Turjeman, arrived at the scene, questioned one of the eyewitnesses himself and later accompanied the policeman who shot the suspected terrorist during a reenactment of the event.
Turjeman conducted a situation assessment at the scene of the incident and directed the required operational and investigative efforts.
MDA teams evacuate to victim to the hospital
MDA teams that arrived at the scene gave the wounded victim initial treatment and evacuated him to Shaare Zedek Hospital.
"The wounded man was lying on a path while he was conscious and suffering from a penetrating and bleeding injury to his body. We gave him medical treatment, stopping the bleeding and dressing the wound, we then evacuated him to the hospital when his condition is critical but stable," EMT Yonatan Shor said.
"The wounded man was lying on a path while he was conscious and suffering from a penetrating and bleeding injury to his body. We gave him medical treatment, stopping the bleeding and dressing the wound, we then evacuated him to the hospital when his condition is critical but stable."
EMT Yonatan Shor