Baku – APA. A Palestinian woman was shot and apparently killed by Border Police guards as she attempted to stab officers at a checkpoint north of Jerusalem early Monday afternoon, police said, The Times of Israel reported.
A police spokesperson said troops manning the Ras Bidu checkpoint opened fire after the woman pulled out a knife and advanced toward a border guard.
There were no injuries to security forces, police said in a statement.
The woman was pronounced dead by paramedics at the scene. She had no identifying documents on her, the police said.
Police said they initially shot in the air, but after the woman refused to stop, shot at her body.
“I understood immediately this was a terror attack. The alertness of the soldiers next to me without a doubt saved the life of a soldier who was next to me,” a border police commander at the scene said in a statement.
The Ras Bidu checkpoint lies along the security barrier between the West Bank villages of Bidu and Beit Iksa.
The identity of the woman was not immediately clear.
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