Israel police say Turk shot dead after stabbing officer in Jerusalem
A Turkish national stabbed and moderately wounded an Israeli police officer in annexed east Jerusalem before being shot dead on Tuesday, police said.
Police said that a "terrorist armed with a knife arrived in the Old City of Jerusalem, on the Herod's Gate Ascent street, charged at a border police officer and stabbed him with a knife".
It said another officer at the scene "neutralized the terrorist" and the attacker was later pronounced dead.
Source: Agence France Presse
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