An elderly man in Jerusalem has suffered series of stabbings after two two teenage girls came at him with deadly intent.
The scene of the incident
Two teenage Palestinian girls stabbed and lightly wounded an elderly man near a Jerusalem market on Monday before police opened fire, killing one of them and seriously wounding the other, AFP reports.
The assailants were reportedly from the Jerusalem area and aged 14 and 16.
According to Police, the 70-year-old victim too was Palestinian. It was not immediately clear whether he had been targeted because he had been mistaken for an Israeli.
Police spokesperson, Luba Samri said: "Two female terrorists armed with scissors stabbed a man next to the (Mahane Yehuda) market."
"An officer who observed the event approached, fired accurately and neutralised the terrorists."
The victim was taken to the Hadassah Hospital with light injuries after being stabbed in the back and head, a hospital spokesperson said.
The stabbing was the first attack in Jerusalem in nearly two weeks.