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Jerusalem, Mar 29 (AFP) A Palestinian woman attempted to stab Israeli police at the entrance to Jerusalem’s Old City today before being shot dead, the Israeli police said.
The woman pulled a knife on the security force members at the entrance to Damascus Gate but was shot dead before she was able to stab anyone, a police spokeswoman said in a statement.
Photos posted on social media showed the apparently middle-aged woman lying face down after the attack outside the gate, a main entrance to the Old City.
A number of other entrances to the Old City, a key tourist attraction, were also sealed off, media reported.
A wave of violence that broke out in October 2015 has claimed the lives of 258 Palestinians, 40 Israelis, two Americans, one Jordanian, an Eritrean and a Sudanese national, according to an AFP count.
Most of the Palestinians killed were carrying out knife, gun or car-ramming attacks, according to Israeli authorities.
Others died during protests, clashes or in Israeli air raids on the Gaza Strip.
Violence has subsided in recent months, despite sporadic attacks. (AFP)
This is published unedited from the PTI feed.
