On Thursday, March 15, 2012, a female IDF soldier was stabbed and seriously wounded while riding the Jerusalem light rail. 19-year-old Muhmad Shuman got onto the train at the Shuafat station, taking an empty seat opposite the IDF soldier who later became the victim.
In the 1:13 minute video released this week taken from the train’s security cameras, the attacker is seen stabbing the 18-year-old soldier and then getting off the train. He was eventually apprehended as he tried fleeing to PA (Palestinian Authority) autonomous areas by border police at the Kalandia Checkpoint in the northern capital.
The solder arrived in the trauma center of Shaare Zedek Medical Center in serious condition, having lost significant blood volume from the stab wounds to her chest.
Shuman told interrogators that following the attack he returned to his eastern Jerusalem home and then decided to board an Arab bus for Ramallah to his mother’s home. He was apprehended en route. The perpetrator insists the attack was not premeditated, and that he was “influenced by actions movies”, explaining when he got up and headed for school that morning, he found the knife in a garment from last year. He began playing with it and after arriving at school, boarded the train back towards his home and when he saw the soldier, decided to make his move. The train arrived at a stop and he stabbed her twice and then walked off at the station.
According to Shuman’s attorney, the charges of attempted murder are absurd and a modified indictment of “assault” is in order since “My client is a good boy from a good home and he is an excellent student”, insisting his client never really intended to kill anyone.
The daily Maariv reports that either the passengers were unaware of the attack or they remained complacent with the exception of “a chareidi woman” who ran for assistance, the others did not move to assist the soldier who was bleeding to death.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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Shocking story, which makes it hard to believe that jews were involved. How could jews ignore another jews life and death situation? And how could jews represent such a low human being in court? And the lies and claims are such pathetic irrational claims, sick really.
What is the soldier’s name and how is she doing now?
European decadence and blood-thirsty Arabs who the Zionists have been inflaming for around a century: the Zionist dream…
Regardless of whether or not he is a “good boy”, this savage certainly committed attempted murder (and, most likely, it was pre-meditated).
“a good boy from a good home and an excellent student”
Translation: He’s a Jew hating, Jihadist hooligan from a loyal Hamas family who aspires to kill as many Zionist infidels as he possibly can.
In THEIR world, that is the definition of a good boy….
Welcome back, Hakatan, been missing your anti-zionist rhetoric.
Regular Jew-hating Arab who was looking for his hour of fame.
BTW I dont believe that last paragraph at all. The people on buses in Israel religious or not are always helpful, caring and concerned (sometimes TOO MUCH)
naturaly, the best arabs are innocent murderers.
So from the whole train the only one who would help this idf soldier was some chareidi.