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1st LD: One dead, three injured in Jerusalem stabbing attack

Xinhua, October 4, 2015 Adjust font size:

One Israeli was killed and three injured on Saturday night in a stabbing and shooting attack in Jerusalem's old city, a police spokesperson told Xinhua.

A Palestinian man stabbed two people, then took over one of his victims' gun and started shooting at by passers in the old city of Jerusalem, police spokesperson Mickey Rosenfeld said.

Shortly after, an Israeli policeman arrived and shot dead the Palestinian militant, Rosenfeld added.

A Jewish couple aged 40s suffered critical injuries and were evacuated to Jerusalem hospitals. One of them was just announced dead in the hospital, Zaki Heller, a spokesperson for the Israeli Emergency Services Magen David Adom, told Xinhua.

On Thursday, an Israeli couple were killed in a drive-by shooting attack on their vehicle in the West Bank, triggering local clashes between Palestinians and Jewish settlers.

Violent clashes and attacks between Israeli security services, Palestinians and Jewish extremists increased dramatically in the past year, since the abrupt end of the last round of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians in April 2014. Endit