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by Maan News
Posted on: 15/08/2019 (Last Updated: 16/08/2019 Time: 07:05)

JERUSALEM - A citizen was killed and two others were wounded this evening by the Israeli bullets during the stabbing of an occupying police officer at Bab al-Silsila, one of the doors of Al-Aqsa Mosque.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced the death of a citizen and the injury of two, one in moderate thigh, and the other did not specify the nature of his injury so far.

According to preliminary information from local sources: The police fired shots towards two citizens at the door of the chain from the outside, then announced the martyrdom of one of them described as the wound of the other moderate, and wounded Al-Aqsa guard Imran Rugby live bullets in his foot.

Israeli police said the 30-year-old police officer who was working at the scene was seriously wounded.

Islamic Endowments reported that the Israeli police closed the doors of Al-Aqsa Mosque.

After the shooting, the Israeli police closed the roads leading to Bab al-Silsila and prevented entry to the Old City of Jerusalem.