A Palestinian man stabbed and wounded a young Jewish man in Jerusalem on Thursday before fleeing, in what Israeli police said was a suspected "terrorist" attack.
"A Jewish man was stabbed with a sharp instrument -- a screwdriver -- and injured moderately," police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said in a statement.
The attacker fled the scene and police were searching for him, Rosenfeld said, describing the fugitive as an "Arab terrorist". He said the victim was 18 years old.
Israeli paramedics who treated him said he was a student at a Jewish theological seminary who was visiting the grave of a Hassidic leader at the Mount of Olives Jewish cemetery, in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem.
Jerusalem has been at the heart of a wave of violence since last October in which 219 Palestinians, 34 Israelis, two Americans, an Eritrean and a Sudanese have died, according to an AFP count.
Most of the Palestinians killed were carrying out knife, gun or car-ramming attacks, according to Israeli authorities.
The number of attacks has declined in recent weeks.
A Palestinian man stabbed and wounded a young Jewish man in Jerusalem on Thursday before fleeing, in what Israeli police said was a suspected “terrorist” attack.
“A Jewish man was stabbed with a sharp instrument — a screwdriver — and injured moderately,” police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said in a statement.
The attacker fled the scene and police were searching for him, Rosenfeld said, describing the fugitive as an “Arab terrorist”. He said the victim was 18 years old.
Israeli paramedics who treated him said he was a student at a Jewish theological seminary who was visiting the grave of a Hassidic leader at the Mount of Olives Jewish cemetery, in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem.
Jerusalem has been at the heart of a wave of violence since last October in which 219 Palestinians, 34 Israelis, two Americans, an Eritrean and a Sudanese have died, according to an AFP count.
Most of the Palestinians killed were carrying out knife, gun or car-ramming attacks, according to Israeli authorities.
The number of attacks has declined in recent weeks.
