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| Jerusalem: Palestinian teens stab Israeli train guard | Jerusalem: Palestinian teens stab Israeli train guard |
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| Two Palestinians aged 12 and 13 have stabbed and wounded an Israeli security guard in East Jerusalem, police say. | Two Palestinians aged 12 and 13 have stabbed and wounded an Israeli security guard in East Jerusalem, police say. |
| The 12-year-old was shot and injured, and the other caught unharmed. Two other stabbing attempts were thwarted in and near the city, police said. | The 12-year-old was shot and injured, and the other caught unharmed. Two other stabbing attempts were thwarted in and near the city, police said. |
| The two teenagers are among the youngest alleged assailants in more than a month of near-daily stabbings of Israelis by Palestinians. | The two teenagers are among the youngest alleged assailants in more than a month of near-daily stabbings of Israelis by Palestinians. |
| Ten Israelis and dozens of Palestinians have been killed in the recent unrest. | Ten Israelis and dozens of Palestinians have been killed in the recent unrest. |
| Many of the Palestinian fatalities were attackers, shot by their victims or security forces. | Many of the Palestinian fatalities were attackers, shot by their victims or security forces. |
| The surge in violence began in September when tensions at a flashpoint holy site in Jerusalem revered by Jews and Muslims boiled over amid rumours that Israel planned to relax long-standing rules to strengthen Jewish rights at the complex. Israel has repeatedly denied such claims. | The surge in violence began in September when tensions at a flashpoint holy site in Jerusalem revered by Jews and Muslims boiled over amid rumours that Israel planned to relax long-standing rules to strengthen Jewish rights at the complex. Israel has repeatedly denied such claims. |
| Israeli police said the 12- and 13-year-old boys stabbed and moderately wounded the guard on a light rail train in the settlement of Pisgat Zeev. | Israeli police said the 12- and 13-year-old boys stabbed and moderately wounded the guard on a light rail train in the settlement of Pisgat Zeev. |
| The guard shot the younger boy, and the 13-year-old was held by passengers until police arrived and arrested the suspects. | The guard shot the younger boy, and the 13-year-old was held by passengers until police arrived and arrested the suspects. |
| Shortly afterwards, a 37-year-old Palestinian was shot dead after trying to stab two guards outside the Damascus Gate entrance to Jerusalem's walled Old City, according to police. | |
| In the nearby suburb of Abu Dis, another Palestinian was shot dead after trying to stab security forces at a checkpoint, police said. |