Israeli police kill Jordanian over alleged stabbing attack in Jerusalem

Israeli police said they shot and killed a Jordanian citizen on Friday after he allegedly tried to stab police officers outside East Jerusalem's Old City.

The suspect rapidly approached paramilitary Border Police officers near the Damascus Gate, waving a knife at them, Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said.

The suspect, in his 20s, was "neutralized," and a later report confirmed his death, she added.

A year-long spate of violence in Israel and the West Bank has killed at least 230 Palestinians and 34 Israelis.

Israeli leaders accuse the Palestinian National Authority of "inciting" the unrest, while the Palestinians say it is the result of 49 years of Israeli occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, home to more than five million Palestinians, where they wish to establish their own state. Endit