At about 3:40am on Friday, a fatal stabbing incident occurred on Koresh Street in the center of Yerushalayim. Two youths appear to have become involved in an altercation and one was stabbed, sustaining grave wounds. He was pronounced dead in the trauma unit of Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital. A second victim is reported in serious condition in Shaare Zedek Medical Center.

Police set up roadblocks and the two youths responsible for the stabbings were apprehended. The motive for the attack has not been announced.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)