Jordanian citizen arrested for planning stabbing attack on Israeli soldier


19-08-2019 07:49 AM

Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - Israeli police announce the arrest of a Jordanian citizen who they say planned to carry out a stabbing attack on an Israeli soldier.

The suspect, a 21-year-old resident of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, will be indicted today at the Haifa District Court.

Police say on the night of July 22 at a bus stop in Hadera, the suspect pulled out a knife and tried to stab officers when they asked him to ID.

The suspect, who fled the scene on foot, was shot by police in the leg following a brief chase and after threatening to stab an officer when ordered to throw aside the knife, a police statement says.

*Israeli Media




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