2 police officers hurt in terror shooting near Jerusalem Old City.
International News Desk
According to global Times news Agency Europe, Two officers were wounded, including one seriously, in a shooting attack on October 12 night near the Shalem police station on Salah al-Din Street, just outside the Herod’s Gate entrance to Jerusalem’s Old City, The Global Times Europe informs.A 21-year-old resident of the north Jerusalem neighborhood of Bet Hanina approached the police station holding a type of makeshift submachine gun known as “Carlo,” which is commonly manufactured in the Palestinian territories.The gunman fired a number of shots at police officers standing outside the building and then ran away. As he was trying to escape, officers ran after him and killed him on the spot, the police said. The two wounded policemen were immediately taken to a hospital.A large number of officers were dispatched to the scene of the attack in its aftermath to search the area and verify the possible presence of accomplices, while Jerusalem police chief Doron Turgeman conducted a situation assessment, at the end of which he declared that the incident was terror-related.