Israel - Border Policewoman Thwarts Stabbing
A woman serving in the Border Police thwarted a planned
stabbing attack by a female Arab terrorist in Hevron Monday morning.
The terrorist, who is a resident of Hevron and in her
20s, arrived at one of the entrances to the Cave of Machpela around 11:00 a.m..
She had come from the casbah area.
The woman aroused the suspicion of the Border
Policewoman, who began carrying out a search, with security precautions.
Three knives in different sizes were found on the woman.
From initial questioning, it turned out that she had come
to the Cave with the intent of carrying out a stabbing attack “against the
Occupation” and that she planned to stab a member of the security forces there.
It also turned out that she had been arrested about a
year ago, also for an attempted stabbing, and that she served some time in jail
for this and was released a few months ago.
Lt. Col. Eliyahu Tzafrir, Deputy Commander of the Cave
Battalion, said that “the policewoman's alertness and professionalism prevented
the escalation of the event, and made it possible to thwart the terrorist's
intentions in time.”
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