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The Israeli ambassador to the UK, [[Mark Regev]], referred to this attack as "a senseless act of terror in Jerusalem today"<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/14/british-woman-stabbed-to-death-in-jerusalem-good-friday|title=Jerusalem stabbing: British student, 20, killed close to Old City|last=Beaumont|first=Peter|date=2017-04-14|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-04-15|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>.
The Israeli ambassador to the UK, [[Mark Regev]], referred to this attack as "a senseless act of terror in Jerusalem today"<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/14/british-woman-stabbed-to-death-in-jerusalem-good-friday|title=Jerusalem stabbing: British student, 20, killed close to Old City|last=Beaumont|first=Peter|date=2017-04-14|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-04-15|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>.

== Perpetrator ==
The attacker was Gamil Tamimi , (alt.: '''Jamil al-Tamimi''') (57), a Palestinian from the [[Ras al-Amud]] neighborhood of East Jerusalem who was known to security services had recently been released from a mental health facility where he was treated for attempted suicide.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.783493|title=British Student Killed in Jerusalem Stabbing Attack; Assailant Mentally Unstable|first1=Nir|last1=Hasson|first2=Jack|last2=Khoury|date=14 April 2017|publisher=|accessdate=14 April 2017|via=Haaretz}}</ref><ref name="BeaumontBritishStudent"/>

In 2011, Tamimi was convicted of molesting his daughter.<ref name="auto1"/>

In the immediate aftermath of the attack the perpetrator was sent for mental examination by a psychiatrist.<ref name="MentalEvaluation">{{cite news|title=Palestinian awaits mental evaluation after stabbing, killing British woman|url=http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=776453|accessdate=16 April 2017|publisher=Ma'an News Agency|date=16 April 2017}}</ref>


==Victim==
==Victim==

Revision as of 23:26, 16 April 2017

2017 Jerusalem Light Rail stabbing
Part of Israeli–Palestinian conflict
2017 Jerusalem Light Rail stabbing is located in Jerusalem
2017 Jerusalem Light Rail stabbing
LocationTzahal Square, Jerusalem, Israel
Coordinates31°46′44″N 35°13′29″E / 31.77889°N 35.22472°E / 31.77889; 35.22472
Date14 April 2017; 7 years ago (2017-04-14)
12:50 (UTC+03:00)
Attack type
Stabbing
Weaponskitchen knife
Deaths1
Injured2
VictimsTrain passengers
PerpetratorPalestinian
MotiveUnder investigation

The 2017 Jerusalem Light Rail stabbing was a stabbing attack and suspected act of terrorism that occurred on Good Friday, April 14, 2017, on Jerusalem Light Rail's car. In the attack, a British student in her 20s was stabbed to death by a Palestinian. Two others, including a pregnant woman, were injured in the incident.[1]

Background

Stabbing attacks were rare in Israel in 2017, although there was a spate of them in the fall of 2015 and early 2016.[2] The attack took place as crowds of pilgrims from around Israel and the world gathered in the center of Jerusalem to celebrate Passover and Good Friday.[2]

Attack

The attack occurred at about 1:00 pm April 14, 2017, as a knife-welding man stabbed a 21 year old British exchange student. An off-duty police officer riding the light rail pulled an emergency brake and tackled the perpetrator, who was then arrested.[3][4][4]

According to Israel's domestic security service, Shin Bet, the attacker was known to the authorities and this may have been a “suicide by soldier,” a phenomenon seen in other incidents in the last 18 months, "in which a Palestinian suffering from mental health or personal issues has chosen to carry out an attack as a way out of his problems."[4]

After his arrest, pepetrator reportedly told investigators that he stabbed Bladon because he wanted the soldier standing beside her to kill him.[5]

The Israeli ambassador to the UK, Mark Regev, referred to this attack as "a senseless act of terror in Jerusalem today"[6].

Victim

Hannah Bladon, a 20-year-old student in Israel on an exchange program from the University of Birmingham was fatally injured and died in ambulance en route to Hadassah Medical Center.[7][8][9][10][3][11][12]

According to Michael Ipgrave, Bishop of Lichfield, Bladon played "an active part in the life of her local church" in Burton-upon-Trent.[13]

Response

  • Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu said: "Radical Islamic terrorism is striking world capitals. Regretfully, terrorism struck today in Israel's capital – Jerusalem."[4]
  • Israeli President Reuven Rivlin said “The bitter news of the young woman’s death in a terror attack in Jerusalem fills me with deep sorrow.”[14]
  • Mark Regev Israeli ambassador to the UK, said: “My thoughts are with the family and friends of UK student Hannah Bladon, who was murdered in a senseless act of terror in Jerusalem today."[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Fisher, Ian (14 April 2017). "British Student Is Fatally Stabbed on Train in Jerusalem". Retrieved 14 April 2017 – via NYTimes.com.
  2. ^ a b Eglash, Ruth (14 April 2017). "Woman fatally stabbed in Jerusalem amid Good Friday gatherings". Washington Post. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Jerusalem stabbing: Hannah Bladon named as victim". BBC. 14 April 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d e Beaumont, Peter (14 April 2017). "Jerusalem stabbing: British student, 21, killed close to Old City". Guardian. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  5. ^ "British Student Killed In Jerusalem Stabbing Attack Mourned". The Jewish Week. JTA. 16 April 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  6. ^ Beaumont, Peter (14 April 2017). "Jerusalem stabbing: British student, 20, killed close to Old City". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  7. ^ Sandeman, George (15 April 2017). "2015 Abha mosque bombing". Times of London. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  8. ^ http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.783493
  9. ^ Gross, Judah Ari (14 April 2017). "British woman murdered in Jerusalem attack named as Hannah Bladon, 21". Times of Israel. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  10. ^ Brown, Grame (14 April 2017). "Jerusalem student stabbing: Tributes after 'inquisitive and adventurous' Hannah Bladon is killed". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  11. ^ "UK student was standing near killer because she gave up her seat for woman with baby". Times of Israel. 15 April 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  12. ^ Walker, Peter (15 April 2015). "Hannah Bladon's family describe her killing in Jerusalem as 'senseless". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  13. ^ "Hannah Bladon Jerusalem stabbing: Family 'devastated' at attack". BBC. 15 April 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  14. ^ http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.783493
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