A security guard was lightly injured after being shot at the Kalandiya checkpoint in a suspected terror attack near the entrance to Jerusalem early Saturday morning.
The attacker was shot dead by security forces at the scene.
Israeli police forces were called onto the scene, and the injured guard was evacuated by medical personnel to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital.
The attacker reportedly arrived at the checkpoint on foot from the West Bank carrying an M-16 rifle and then fired at security forces in the area. Police confiscated the rifle used in the shooting.
Aftermath of the attack
The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades took responsibility for the incident, according to a Ynet report.
Police arrive at the scene where a security guard was slightly injured in a shooting incident with an attacker who walked on foot to the Kalandiya checkpoint from the West Bank, June 24, 2023. (credit: POLICE SPOKESPERSON’S UNIT)Doron Turgeman, head of the Jerusalem police district, arrived at the scene and is conducting a situation assessment of the incident after being briefed on the attack.
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