Jerusalem – A female IDF military police officer sustained moderate-to-serious wounds after being stabbed in the neck Monday morning by a female terrorist at the south Jerusalem security checkpoint Rachel’s Crossing, in what police are deeming a terrorist attack.
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According to Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld, the attack took place a few minutes after 11 a.m. when the suspect lunged at the 20-year-old officer, impaling her neck with the blade. The suspect was then detained after a brief chase.
The officer was immediately treated at the scene by Magen David Adom paramedics and rushed to Hadassah University Medical Center in Ein Kerem for treatment, Rosenfeld said.
MDA paramedics Eyal Zehavi and Eldad Benstein said that when they arrived at the scene, the woman was fully conscious, but in great pain.
“We gave her a life-saving medical treatment that included stopping the bleeding, bandaging and fluid intake, and then anesthetized her,” they said in a joint statement.
After arresting the terrorist, who is in her 20s, police found two more knives in her hand bag and then cordoned off the area to search for other suspects to determine if the woman acted alone, he said.
The attack comes one week after a Border Police officer stationed near Damascus Gate was critically wounded after being stabbed in the neck and chest by a Palestinian terrorist, who he was able to shoot.
The officer, who was treated at the scene by Magen David Adom paramedics, was rushed to Shaare Zedek Medical Center where he underwent emergency surgery, and has since been upgraded to serious-but-stable condition.
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when will Zionists learn to avenge the blood of their soldiers?