Police and border police late Monday afternoon 29 Shevat arrested an Arab male armed with a large knife at Shar Shechem in Yerushalayim.

The 42-year-old Arab man appeared suspicious to border police, who approached him cautiously while maintaining a safe distance. He was arrested without incident, found to be concealing a large knife which he planned to use for a stabbing attack.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)