B’Chasdei Hashem, Jerusalem Police thwarted a terror attack in the city during Pesach by arresting the potential terrorist.

The suspect, a 37-year-old resident of A-Tor in east Jerusalem, was arrested in the Old City of Jerusalem while wearing a mask over his face.

After he was arrested, it was found that he was in the area in violation of an order distancing him from the Old City after he had recently been involved in hanging flags of a terrorist organization on Har HaBayis.

He was transferred for questioning, and during his interrogation, he admitted that he intended to carry out a stabbing attack in Jerusalem using a knife he planned to take from his place of work in the city as a cook

“The foiling of this attack was made possible thanks to the vigilance of the police officers who prevented harm to human life,” a police statement said. “The Jerusalem District of the Israel Police will continue to fight terrorism and terrorists with determination and with all forces and means, and thwart terrorist threats and terrorist intentions of any kind – for the security of the citizens of the State of Israel.”

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)