A Jordanian citizen was killed on Saturday afternoon in the Old City of Occupied Jerusalem after he stabbed and injured an Israeli policeman.
Eyewitnesses and media sources had earlier said that a Palestinian stabbed an Israeli policeman notorious for assaulting and harassing Palestinian women during their visit to the Aqsa Mosque.
They added that the Palestinian was gunned down and left to bleed to death adding that Israeli paramedics only provided medical assistance to the policeman.
However Israeli police spokeswoman Luba Samri said that the attacker was a 57-year-old Jordanian citizen who arrived a week ago with a tourist visa.
Local media sources meanwhile identified the Jordanian citizen as Mohammed Abdullah al-Kasaji.
Kasaji is the second Jordanian citizen to be killed by Israeli forces since the eruption of the Jerusalem Intifada in October 2015. The first was Sa’eed al-Amr who was killed at one of the gates of the Aqsa Mosque in September 2016.
The Israeli police said the policeman was moderately wounded and transferred to Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem.
