Knifing conflict in Jerusalem averted; mayor of Arab city condemns police

A 31-year-old male from Umm el-Fahm, who was killed Friday in Jerusalem’s Old City while stabbing a policeman, was mentally ill and could have been resigned but finale his life, his family and a mayor of Umm el-Fahm claimed on Saturday.

Family members told KAN Radio that Ahmed Mahameed had a story of mental health issues and had not carried out a conflict for jingoist reasons.

On Friday afternoon, Mahameed approached a policeman nearby a Council Gate opening to a Temple Mount, called Bab al-Majlis in Arabic, and stabbed a policeman.

The policeman was easily wounded. In response to a attack, a other policemen during a stage non-stop glow and killed a attacker.
Police sources told KAN that Mahameed was scheming to conflict again, necessitating a evident need to stop him.

Umm el-Fahm Mayor Khaled Hamdan, in a matter expelled by a municipality, cursed a murdering and claimed a military used extreme force during a doing of a occurrence and could have neutralized a assailant but murdering him. In addition, a municipality called on a state to recover Mahameed’s physique for a correct burial.

“This is irrational duty of Israeli confidence army opposite a immature male who suffered from medical problems. There was another way. He should be expelled tomorrow so that he can be laid to rest,” a municipality pronounced in a statement.

According to a same statement, Hamdan and his deputy, Bilal Daher, contacted a attacker’s family and discussed his medical problems.

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“According to a videos, he could have been arrested but sharpened him to death,” a municipality pronounced in a statement.
Family claims slain stabber was mentally ill, military used extreme force.

Questioned over claims that military used extreme force in a doing of a stabbing attack, Jerusalem District Police orator Ofer Solomon told The Jerusalem Post on Saturday night: “I consider that a video speaks for itself… You can see in a video unquestionably that a militant attempted to murder a policeman, and a military reacted as they are approaching to.”

Tamara Zieve contributed to this report.