Assailant identified as 26-year-old Palestinian from East Jerusalem
Police identify the assailant killed after attempting a stabbing attack in Jerusalem as 27-year-old Mussab Mahmoud Al-Razali from East Jerusalem.
According to the police, after spotting the Palestinian he was questioned by the police, at which stage he tried to pull out a knife. Another officer grabbed his hand and struggled with him, at some point moving away from the knife-yielding would-be assailant. After refusing police's call to drop the knife, the police shot him.
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Mussab Mahmoud Alazali was killed after attempting to stab police in Jerusalem's Old City. December 26, 2015.
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