Israeli security personnel cordon-off the area the site of a reported attack in Jerusalem on August 30, 2023. Photo by Getty Images

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A 22-year-old man was moderately wounded in a stabbing attack at a light rail station in central Jerusalem.

According to police, the assailant was a 14-year-old boy, and was shot dead by a police officer who was travelling on a train when he witnessed the incident and immediately got off to respond.

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The boy was a resident of Beit Hanina, a neighborhood of East Jerusalem, which the light rail runs through.

According to Magen David Adom emergency services, the injured man, who was stabbed in the back, was taken to a local hospital.

MDA reported that the injured man fled the station to a nearby street, where emergency services arrived to treat him. Paramedics at the scene said they found the man “fully conscious with stab wounds to his upper body,” provided life-saving medical treatment and transported him to hospital in a moderate condition.

Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai arrived at the scene and praised the quick actions of the responding police officer, saying he showed “the level of vigilance of our forces in the field who time and again prevent and thwart terrorist attacks.”

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