Palestinian gunman shot dead after killing 2, injuring several in Jerusalem attack
Oct. 9, 2016 10:34 A.M. (Updated : Oct. 9, 2016 8:42 P.M.)
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BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — An Israeli police officer and an Israeli woman were shot dead and at least five others were injured in a drive-by shooting near the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah Sunday morning. The gunman, a native of occupied East Jerusalem, was shot and killed by Israeli police at the scene.
The shooting attack came a day after the gunman told Ma’an that he intended to turn himself in to serve a prison sentence, after he was charged with assaulting an Israeli police officer in 2013.
According to a statement by Israeli police spokesperson Luba al-Samri, the gunman first opened fire across from the regional Israeli police headquarters while he sped towards the Ammunition Hill light rail station, critically injuring a 60-year-old woman, identified by Israeli media as Levanah Malichi, who later succumbed to her injuries after receiving treatment in a hospital. A man was also moderately injured at the same site.
The gunman then continued toward a junction on the other side of the police station, where he opened fire at a woman driving in her car, moderately to seriously injuring her, al-Samri added.
The assailant then fled toward Sheikh Jarrah as Israeli police special forces chased him, and he opened fire at them, critically injuring one policeman and lightly injuring another. The critically injured policeman, identified in Israeli media as First Sergeant Yosef Kirme, succumbed to his wounds in the hospital later in the day. Border police officers then arrived to the scene, shooting and killing the assailant.
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Gunman told Ma’an of plans to turn himself in, one day before deadly attack
Oct. 9, 2016 2:02 P.M. (Updated : Oct. 9, 2016 8:38 P.M.)
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JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — The slain gunman responsible for a shooting attack in occupied East Jerusalem Sunday morning that left two Israelis killed and several injured told Ma’an the day before the shooting that he was planning on turning himself in to Israeli authorities to serve a prison sentence for prior charges.
Misbah Abu Sbeih , 39, from the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, who also lived in the village of al-Ram, told Ma’an via telephone Saturday that he had decided to turn himself into the Israeli Ramla prison at 10 a.m. on Sunday to serve a four-month prison sentence for allegedly assaulting an Israeli police officer.
He said he was detained from the Bab Hutta area in the Old City outside of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in 2013 after being accused of the assault, but was released the same day.
According to Abu Sbeih, the case was closed, and he later traveled to Saudi Arabia to perform the Umrah pilgrimage.
However, the case against him was unexpectedly reopened in December 2015, shortly after he was released for spending about a year in prison on separate charges of “incitement” for Facebook posts.
Among the posts he was imprisoned for were: “We sacrifice our souls and our blood for you Al-Aqsa,” and, “we sacrifice our children for Al-Aqsa.”
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Jérusalem : 2 morts dans une attaque avant des fêtes juives
afp, le 09/10/2016 à 17h55
▻http://www.la-croix.com/Monde/Jerusalem-2-morts-dans-attaque-avant-fetes-juives-2016-10-09-1300794893
Un policier israélien et une femme ont été tués dimanche à Jérusalem-Est par un Palestinien qui a été abattu, alors que les autorités sont sur le qui-vive à l’approche d’importantes fêtes juives.
Cette attaque est l’une des plus meurtrières depuis le début, il y a un an, d’une vague de violences ayant fait plus de 270 morts dans les Territoires palestiniens, Israël et Jérusalem.
Elle s’est produite deux jours avant la célébration sous haute sécurité du Yom Kippour, le jour du Grand Pardon juif, et à l’approche de la fête de Souccot la semaine prochaine. L’an dernier, cette période avait été ponctuée d’attentats, notamment à Jérusalem.
Selon la police israélienne, un « terroriste » qui circulait en voiture a ouvert le feu dans la matinée en direction d’une station de tramway située en face du quartier général de la police à Jérusalem-Est, blessant grièvement une femme.(...)