Jerusalem prosecutors filed indictments Monday against a Palestinian woman accused of injuring two people in an anti-occupation stabbing attack in Occupied Jerusalem Israeli sources reported.
According to the Times of Israel daily Fadwa Hamada 29 was indicted at the Jerusalem District Court on two counts of committing an anti-occupation act attempted murder and being in possession of a knife.
Prosecutors say Hamada from the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sur Baher attempted to kill Israeli settlers.
According to the indictments on August 12 Hamada took a cab to the area of the Damascus Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem bringing a knife with her in order to carry out the attack.
After exiting the vehicle she saw an Israeli settler. Hamada rushed at the man and tried to stab him before he started to run away.
Hamada was restrained and then arrested by the Israeli police.
The attack occurred on Sultan Suleiman Street near Damascus Gate.
Hebrew-speaking media reported at the time that the woman’s husband was arrested following the attack and that police raided the couple’s home in Sur Baher.
