Israeli troops have shot and killed a Palestinian assailant who stabbed two policemen in the Old City in Jerusalem.
Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said the assailant attacked the two officers early yesterday. She said they engaged in a struggle and one managed to fend off the attacker and shoot him.
The attacker was identified as a 26-year-old Arab resident of east Jerusalem. The two policemen were moderately wounded.
Read the AP report in The Australian.