A PA (Palestinian Authority) resident planning to attack police in Jerusalem’s Old City was B’chasdei Hashem taken into custody.

Police and border police assigned to the hospice area of the Old City on Monday 12 Tammuz detected a Palestinian male approaching them in a suspicious fashion. They stopped him for inspection and determined he was inside Yerushalayim illegally.

During question it was learned the 28-year-old male was released from jail a few days earlier after serving a sentence for “security crimes”. He then traveled home to Ramallah area and on Monday made his way to Jerusalem illegally, traveling to the Old City, apparently to attack security forces. During questioning he admitted his reason for coming to the Old City was to attack police.

The suspected was arrested in 2004 for attempting to stab a policeman near Har Habayis and served six years in prison.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)