Scene of the stabbing attack at a light rail station in Jerusalem
(Video: Liran Tamari)
Stabbing attack in Jerusalem: A 19-year-old man was stabbed Wednesday evening and was moderately injured at a light rail station in Jerusalem. A Border Guard fighter who was in the area neutralized the terrorist. The stabber was later identified as a 14-year-old boy from the Beit Hanina neighborhood in the north of the city.
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Paramedics provided medical treatment to a man who had been stabbed at about 9 p.m., and then took him to Shaare Zedek Hospital in the capital.
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Paramedics provided medical treatment to a man who had been stabbed at a light rail station in Jerusalem
(Photo: Shalu Shalom)
Paramedics Elad Rosemarin and Sarah Kapah said: "When we arrived at the train station on Shimon Hatzadik Street, we saw a 25-year-old man fully conscious with a stab wound in his upper body, we gave him life-saving medical treatment and evacuated him to the hospital."
Eldad Bar Koch, a bystander, helped neutralize the terrorist. "I was sitting with my wife at the light rail station. A young man came behind us, he took out a large knife. He turned around and tried to stab. We attacked him, I gave him a strong kick to the face and hand, and the knife fell. The border guardsman came running and shot him. The incident lasted maybe 30 seconds."
Shaare Zedek Hospital reported that the stabbed man "is in stable condition and fully conscious. After an initial evaluation in the trauma room, he was transferred for imaging tests and further treatment."
A preliminary investigation shows that the soldier was traveling on the train when he noticed what was happening, got off at the stop and then opened fire on the terrorist.
Police Commissioner Yaakov Shabtai praised the actions of the soldier. "By striving for contact and risking his life, the Border Guard soldier succeeded in neutralizing the terrorist and preventing a more serious attack. His quick and professional response shows the level of vigilance of our forces in the field who time and again prevent and thwart terrorist attacks. I wish the injured a speedy recovery," Shabtai said.
The incident comes after a car ramming attack on Wednesday afternoon in Mount Hebron. A vehicle driven by a Palestinian terrorist sped toward two soldiers of the 603rd Battalion of the 7th Brigade of the Combat Engineering Corps, who were at a military post near the settlement of Beit Hagai near Hebron during a vehicle inspection mission. One of the soldiers fired 10 bullets at the driver of the vehicle, and hit him.