Palestinian critically injured after carrying out stabbing on Israeli police in

Jerusalem
SEPT. 19, 2016 9:47 A.M. (UPDATED: SEPT. 19, 2016 1:19 P.M.)

BETHLEHEM (Maan) -- Two Israeli police officers and a Palestinian were

wounded on Monday morning in occupied East Jerusalem after the Palestinian
reportedly carried out a stabbing attack against the Israeli security forces.
Israeli police spokeswoman Luba al-Samri said in a statement that a Palestinian
resident from East Jerusalem pulled out a knife and stabbed an Israeli
policeman and policewoman near a police station on Salah al-Din street just north
of the Old City, injuring them in the upper extremities.
The policeman fired several rounds at the attacker, injuring him critically, alSamri said.
Israeli media identified the alleged attacker as Ayman al-Kurd, 20, from the Ras
al-Amoud neighborhood of East Jerusalem.
A spokesperson for the Hadassah hospital told Ma'an that the Palestinian man
was in a serious and unstable condition after being shot. The 47-year-old male
police officer, who was being treated at the same hospital, was conscious after
sustaining moderate stabbing injuries in the upper back, the spokesperson
added.

A video recorded by a bystander following the attack showed a large number of

forces deployed in the area as emergency health services treated the Israeli
police officers. The wounded Palestinian is seen largely unattended to in the
video despite having been shot, with at least two people stepping over him
without checking his health condition.
A spokesperson for the Shaare Zedek hospital told Ma'an that the female
officer, who they said was 38 years old, was in the operating room and "severely
injured."
Following the attack, Israeli forces deployed heavily in the area and closed the
road between the Old Citys Herod and Damascus Gates to traffic, although
pedestrians were allowed to pass, according to a Maan reporter on the scene.

Israeli security forces also threatened Palestinian store owners on Salah al-Din
and Sultan Suleiman streets at gunpoint to force them to close their shops.
The shop owners told Maan that they were told they would be fined 1,000
shekels ($265) if they reopened their businesses, even though we were not told
how long our shops will be closed.

Since a wave of unrest erupted across Israel and the occupied Palestinian
territory almost a year ago, a number of Palestinians have been killed or

wounded while allegedly carrying out or attempting to carry out stabbing attacks
on Israeli security forces and settlers.
According to Ma'an documentation, 227 Palestinians have been killed by Israelis
and 32 Israelis have been killed by Palestinians since October, with rights
groups denouncing what they have called Israeli forces' "shoot-to-kill" policy
against Palestinians who did not constitute a threat at the time of their death
or who could have been subdued in a non-lethal manner.