A young British tourist has been killed during a knife attack in Israel on Good Friday.
The victim, who is in her 20s, was stabbed multiple times in the torso with a kitchen knife on a tram close to the Old City, where thousands of Christians had gathered.
Police have arrested Jamil Tamimi, 57, a Palestinian man from East Jerusalem who is ‘mentally unstable’ after onlookers wrestled him to the ground.
A British woman in her 20s, believed to be a student visiting Israel as a tourist, has been killed during a knife attack near Jerusalem’s Old City
Police say they arrested Jamil Tamimi, 57, a Palestinian man from East Jerusalem who is ‘mentally unstable’ and tried to commit suicide earlier this year
The British woman is believed to be a student who was visiting Israel as a tourist, the Times of Israel reports.
Medics performed CPR on the woman at the scene before she was taken to hospital in critical condition, where she later died.
A police spokesman said the suspected attacker had tried to commit suicide earlier this year by swallowing a razor blade, and was found guilty of sexually abusing his daughter in 2011, it is reported.
A pregnant woman in her early 30s injured her stomach after the tram came to a sudden stop and a man in his early 50s hurt his leg trying to escape the attacker.
The attack happened on a tram near the Old City, which was packed with thousands of Christians celebrating Good Friday
A pregnant woman in her 30s hurt her stomach after the train stopped suddenly, while a man in his 50s injured his leg trying to get away from the attacker
Police had been on high alert for Passover when tens of thousands of Jews pray at the Western Wall inside the Old City and some visit the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound above it.
The compound, which is the third holiest site in Islam and the holiest site to Jews, who refer to it as the Temple Mount, is the source of constant tensions.
Jews are allowed to visit but not pray at the site.
Palestinian fears that Israel will seek to change those rules have been the source of repeated violence. (mailonline.com)