Forum Post: Police officer stabbed in back during terrorist attack near West Bank checkpoint

Third terrorist attack in 24 hours has police on heightened alert; Public advised to increase awareness on all buses and public areas. A 30-year-old police officer was stabbed in the back by a Palestinian man Monday evening next to the West Bank Route 60 junction, outside of Jerusalem and Ramallah, in what police are deeming the third terrorist attack in the country in 24 hours.

According to police, the attack was carried out at 5 p.m. near the Geva Binyamin settlement by the unidentified assailant, who stabbed the officer once in the lower back with a 15-centimeter blade before fleeing the scene. link [