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25 Year-Old British Woman Fatally Stabbed To Death By Palestinian In Jerusalem
Israeli emergency personnel are at the scene of a stabbing attack Friday in Jerusalem.
A British Foreign Office spokeswoman said the woman’s family has asked that her name be withheld.
A British Foreign Office spokeswoman said the woman’s family has asked that her name be withheld.
A suspect was arrested at the scene. Security officials identified him as Jameel Tamimi, a 57-year-old Palestinian man from the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Ras al-Amud.
Tamimi suffers from “personal, mental, or moral hardship,” according to the Israel Security Agency.
According to the agency, Tamimi was convicted of sexually abusing his daughter in 2011 and attempted to commit
suicide this year by swallowing a razor blade.
The attack comes during the Easter and Passover holidays when police are on heightened alert because of the increase in tourism.
