Jerusalem: Israeli authorities on Thursday charged a Palestinian with murder over the fatal stabbing of a young British woman on a Jerusalem tramway last month, the justice ministry said.
Jamil Tamimi, 57, from east Jerusalem, was charged with premeditated murder, the ministry said in a statement.
The ministry said Tamimi had entered the tramway with the intention of committing a murder and stabbed 20-year-old Hannah Bladon seven times.
The April 14 attack took place on a tram close to the Old City, where thousands of Christians from around the world were marking Good Friday and Jews marked the week-long Passover holiday.
Israeli authorities have described the attacker as mentally disturbed, while Haaretz newspaper reported he had been released from a psychiatric hospital the day before the murder.
She had only started studying in Jerusalem in January and had been due to complete a single semester.
The violence has greatly subsided in recent months.
Jamil Tamimi, 57, from east Jerusalem, was charged with premeditated murder, the ministry said in a statement.
The ministry said Tamimi had entered the tramway with the intention of committing a murder and stabbed 20-year-old Hannah Bladon seven times.
The April 14 attack took place on a tram close to the Old City, where thousands of Christians from around the world were marking Good Friday and Jews marked the week-long Passover holiday.
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Israeli authorities have described the attacker as mentally disturbed, while Haaretz newspaper reported he had been released from a psychiatric hospital the day before the murder.
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She had only started studying in Jerusalem in January and had been due to complete a single semester.
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The violence has greatly subsided in recent months.
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