Jerusalem: Two Palestinian women stabbed two Israelis with scissors near a central Jerusalem market today before being "neutralised" by security forces, police said.
"Two female terrorists armed with scissors stabbed a man next to the (Mahane Yehuda) market," police spokeswoman Luba Samri said.
"An officer who observed the event approached, fired accurately and neutralised the terrorists," she added.
Two male victims, aged 27 and 80, were taken to hospital with light injuries, Israel's medical service said. There were no further details on their identities.
The stabbings were the latest in a wave of attacks by Palestinians since October 1 that have left 90 Palestinians dead, including one Arab Israeli, as well as 16 Israelis, an American and an Eritrean.
The attacks were originally focussed in and around Jerusalem but had shifted to the occupied West Bank, particularly in and around the flashpoint city of Hebron.
"Two female terrorists armed with scissors stabbed a man next to the (Mahane Yehuda) market," police spokeswoman Luba Samri said.
"An officer who observed the event approached, fired accurately and neutralised the terrorists," she added.
Two male victims, aged 27 and 80, were taken to hospital with light injuries, Israel's medical service said. There were no further details on their identities.
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The stabbings were the latest in a wave of attacks by Palestinians since October 1 that have left 90 Palestinians dead, including one Arab Israeli, as well as 16 Israelis, an American and an Eritrean.
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The attacks were originally focussed in and around Jerusalem but had shifted to the occupied West Bank, particularly in and around the flashpoint city of Hebron.
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