Following the second stabbing on Saturday, PA President Mahmoud Abbas said in a statement that he held the Israeli gov’t responsible for the shooting death of the Palestinian attacker.
By NOAM AMIR/MAARIV HASHAVUA
A Border Police officer was stabbed and lightly injured at Habitot Junction in the West Bank near Ariel on Saturday evening.
After the stabbing, the terrorist, 16-year-old Ahmed Taj was shot and killed by security forces.
Following the attack, the Border Police officer who shot the terrorist described the incident.
“Out of nowhere a Palestinian appeared and started stabbing one of the soldiers in my squad.