Jerusalem – A suspect in connection with Saturday’s vehicular attack in the Jerusalem neighborhood of a-Tur was detained overnight during an operation by border police and security forces, a police spokesman said Sunday.
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The police have confirmed that the suspect is a 32 year old Palestinian from the Shuafat neighborhood of Jerusalem.
The suspect was detained by security forces at a checkpoint near the Shuafat refugee camp.
Three Border police officers were injured when a vehicle struck them in Jerusalem’s a-Tur neighborhood on Saturday. They were treated by Magen David Adom paramedics before being evacuated to a nearby hospital where one of the officers was deemed to be in serious-to-critical condition and the other two in good-to-satisfactory condition.
Police spokespersons reported that the incident was considered a terrorist attack and that they had erected checkpoints in a-Tur while actively searching for the suspect.
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