<p>Jerusalem: A Turkish national on Tuesday stabbed an Israeli border policeman in Jerusalem and was then shot dead by officers at the scene, Israeli police said.</p><p>The border policeman was moderately wounded. Police identified the attacker as a 34-year-old Turkish citizen.</p><p>Israeli security forces have been on high alert since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks that sparked the six-month-old war in Gaza.</p><p>"A terrorist armed with a knife arrived in the Old City of Jerusalem... charged at the border police officer and stabbed him," said a police statement.</p><p>The wounded policeman and another officer on scene fought off and shot the attacker, who was later pronounced dead, it said.</p>
<p>Jerusalem: A Turkish national on Tuesday stabbed an Israeli border policeman in Jerusalem and was then shot dead by officers at the scene, Israeli police said.</p><p>The border policeman was moderately wounded. Police identified the attacker as a 34-year-old Turkish citizen.</p><p>Israeli security forces have been on high alert since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks that sparked the six-month-old war in Gaza.</p><p>"A terrorist armed with a knife arrived in the Old City of Jerusalem... charged at the border police officer and stabbed him," said a police statement.</p><p>The wounded policeman and another officer on scene fought off and shot the attacker, who was later pronounced dead, it said.</p>