Palestinian youths stab Israeli policeman, one youth shot dead


  • World
  • Friday, 16 Aug 2019

Israeli security and rescue personnel walk near the scene where Palestinians were shot by Israeli police after carrying out what Israeli police spokesman said was a stabbing attack in Jerusalem's old city August 15, 2019. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Two Palestinian youths stabbed an Israeli policeman in Jerusalem's Old City on Thursday and were shot by officers, killing one of them, police said.

Video footage aired on Israeli television and circulating on social media showed two young men approaching a police officer at one of the walled Old City's gates, drawing knifes and stabbing him before his colleagues shoot them multiple times.

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