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By: Jewish Press Staff Published: October 3rd, 2015

Source: The Jewish Press » » Old City Terror Attack – Baby & Family Stabbed, Shot

Again and again, my heart is weeping.

Ichud Hatzoloh volunteer working on victims of terror attack at Lion’s Gate entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem.
Photo Credit: 0404 / Ichud Hatzoloh of Israel

Three members of a Jewish family and a man in his 20s were critically and seriously wounded around 7:30 pm in a terror attack Saturday night while walking near the Lion’s Gate entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem.

Accounts of the attack have differed. According to several Hebrew-language sources, a Jerusalem Arab repeatedly stabbed the family he targeted. A second terrorist grabbed a gun belonging to one of the victims and began shooting at the family and at a nearby group that had just completed a tour of the area. The 2-year-old baby, a toddler, was shot in the leg.

“The Arab suspect repeatedly stabbed the three Israelis while they were walking the near the Lion’s Gate,” said Israel Police spokesperson Micky Rosenfeld. “Border Police and [other] police responded immediately and shot the terrorist, neutralizing him. Police have cordoned off the area and are searching for a possible accomplice,” Rosenfeld said.

A second report, this one by Associated Press quoting Israel’s Channel 10 television news, said one terrorist repeatedly stabbed an Israeli man walking with his family near th Lion’s Gate, then grabbed the man’s gun and shot at his family, and at a nearby group of tourists. The terrorist wounded a total of five Israelis, two seriously. The baby, a two-year-old toddler, was shot in the leg in this report as well.

In both reports, police shot and “neutralized the terrorist.”

Rosenfeld’s updated, terse statement informed the public in a tweet at 8:40 pm: “Terrorist shot at scene in attack in old city, Jerusalem. Police units searching area. 3 injured Israelis receiving medical treatment.”

http://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-man-killed-3-injured-in-jerusalem-stabbing-attack/

A Jewish man carries a baby injured in a stabbing attack in the Old City of Jerusalem on October 3, 2015. The terrorist was shot down by police. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

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