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Palestinian Woman Brandishing Scissors Killed By Israeli Troops In Jerusalem

Israeli paramilitary police officers shot and killed a Palestinian woman who tried to attack them with a pair of scissors outside Jerusalem’s walled Old City on Wednesday, police spokesmen said.

The incident occurred at Damascus Gate, a heavily guarded entrance to the Old City and the scene of similar violence in the past.

“Police responded to a life-threatening situation and the female terrorist was shot dead at the scene,” police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said.

Luba Samri, a police spokeswoman, said the 49-year-old woman had “approached a group of officers, pulled out a knife and tried to stab them.” She said the woman was a resident of East Jerusalem, which Israel captured along with the West Bank in the 1967 Middle East war.

At least 241 Palestinians have been killed in Israel and the Palestinian Territories in a period of sporadic violence that began in October 2015 but has tapered off in recent months.

Two American tourists and 37 Israelis have been killed in such incidents since the violence began.

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