Israeli killed in Palestinian stabbing attack, army says
(dpa)
Tel Aviv - A Palestinian stabbed to death an Israeli man in the West Bank on Sunday, Israeli authorities said.
The 40-year-old man was stabbed outside a mall at a major traffic junction in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, the army said. A spokeswoman for the Shaare Zedek Medical Centre in Jerusalem confirmed his death.
The assailant, identified in Israeli media as a 16-year-old Palestinian from the West Bank town of Yatta, was shot by an armed civilian and subdued, the military said.
There was a spike in deadly knife attacks by Palestinians in Jerusalem and the West Bank starting three years ago but the frequency of the stabbings has waned in recent months.
The assailant, identified in Israeli media as a 16-year-old Palestinian from the West Bank town of Yatta, was shot by an armed civilian and subdued, the military said.
There was a spike in deadly knife attacks by Palestinians in Jerusalem and the West Bank starting three years ago but the frequency of the stabbings has waned in recent months.