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Jerusalem stabbing attack, victim in serious condition

The stabbing of a 43-year-old man in Jerusalem on Sunday morning does not appear to be a terror attack, according to Israel Police.

HaGanenet Street in Gilo, Jerusalem. Source: Google Maps.
HaGanenet Street in Gilo, Jerusalem. Source: Google Maps.

The stabbing of a 43-year-old man in Jerusalem on Sunday morning does not appear to my a terror attack, according to Israeli Police.

The attack took place on Haganenet Street in the Gilo neighborhood of Jerusalem at 7 a.m, according to medics who found the victim lying against a fence with multiple stab wounds to his upper body.

Police are investigating the incident. The unidentified man was evacuated to Jerusalem’s Shaarei Zedek Medical Center in serious condition.

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