A Palestinian carried out a knife attack on Saturday, injuring at least one person in central Jerusalem, and was shot dead by Israeli law enforcement, rescue workers and Israeli police said.
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At around 4.30 p.m., an assailant (...) stabbed a passer-by near the Damascus gate in East Jerusalem, then attempted to stab a border police officer
," the Israeli police said, saying they had "
neutralized
The man in question.
The latter is deceased, the Palestinian Red Crescent told AFP.