Israeli soldiers gather at the scene of a shooting near the Ibrahimi mosque in the West Bank old city of Hebron, 19 March 2016. Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian who allegedly attempted to stab a soldier, the army said.  EPA/ABED AL HASHLAMOUN
Israeli soldiers gather at the scene of a shooting near the Ibrahimi mosque in the West Bank old city of Hebron, 19 March 2016. Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian who allegedly attempted to stab a soldier, the army said. EPA/ABED AL HASHLAMOUN

 

Hebron – A Palestinian teenager was shot dead on Saturday after stabbing an Israeli paramilitary police officer near a Jewish settlement in the West Bank city of Hebron before being shot dead, Israeli police said.

“A terrorist armed with a knife stabbed a border policeman in the head after being asked for identification. Troops at the scene shot and neutralized him,” the police said in a statement on Twitter.\

Police spokeswoman Luba Samri says officers asked the 17-year-old Palestinian to identify himself Saturday and then he pulled out a knife and stabbed one of them in the head. The officer was lightly wounded and other opened fire at the assailant, killing him.

The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed his death and his family confirmed his age.‎

As reported by Vos Iz Neias