JERUSALEM ( AP) — Israeli authorities say troops have shot and killed a Palestinian after he stabbed a guard at a West Bank checkpoint.
Police spokeswoman Luba Samri says the man approached border police officers manning a checkpoint on Monday and told them he felt unwell.
She says that when the attacker came closer, he pulled out a knife, stabbing and slightly wounding one of the officers. Samri says that another officer then fatally shot the attacker.
Tensions have been high in Israel since the July arson attack at a Palestinian West Bank home, when an 18- month- old toddler was burned to death. His father later died from his wounds.
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