3 police officers wounded in Jerusalem stabbing; Palestinian attacker shot dead

Three policemen were wounded in a stabbing attack in Jerusalem’s Old City Thursday morning, and the alleged Palestinian assailant was shot dead, officials said.

According to police, officers spotted the man acting suspiciously near the Iron Gate entrance to the Temple Mount and began to question him.

“During the examination of the suspect, he pulled out a knife and stabbed one of the officers in his upper body,” police said.