Two settlers stabbed to death in Jerusalem, assailant killed


(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA))Two men settlers were killed and two others, including a toddler, were wounded when a young Palestinian stabbed them in the Old City in Jerusalem on Saturday, the Israeli radio said.
The Israeli security forces shot and killed the man identified as Muhannad Halabi, 19, from Al-Bireh.
Israeli media earlier today said that Halabi stabbed the four, all members of the same ultra-Orthodox family, were apparently on their way to the Wailing Wall (Buraq Wall) when they were attacked.
Haaretz newspaper said on its website that after the stabbing, the assailant shot at police officers who rushed to the scene using a gun he obtained from one of the wounded. He was then shot and killed by the officers


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