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Palestinian Authority/Gaza, January 23, 2018

Israeli border police thwart attempted Palestinian stabbing attack

Original source

The Jerusalem Post

Border police thwarted at attempted stabbing attack against their forces at the Tapuach junction in the Samaria region of the West Bank on Tuesday afternoon.

An officer in an observation post noted two suspicious looking Palestinian men in the area of a bus station at the junction, according to police.

Border police at the junction called on the two men to stop and one officer fired in the air. The two men continued to advance and one of them drew a knife as he moved in their direction.

A border police officer then shot and wounded the two suspects, according to police.

Photos from the scene show one of the men lying on the ground with his hands in the air, a bullet wound in his leg and a knife by his leg.

Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan said, "Terror will not break us."

He called on the government to authorize more building in the area in response.