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Security officials at the site of Friday's shooting in the Old City of J'lem. (Pierre Terdjman / BauBau)
Last update - 23:22 03/04/2008
Assailant in Jerusalem attack identified as Israeli Arab
By Jonathan Lis, Haaretz Correspondent and Haaretz Service
Tags: Ateret Cohanim 

The assailant who Friday morning carried out a shooting attack which left ten people wounded in Jerusalem's old city was identified Saturday as 29-year-old Ahmed Mahmoud Khatib, an Israeli Arab from the Galilee region in Israel's north.

Three people were moderately wounded and seven lightly wounded in the shooting. The security guard whose weapon Khatib tried to snatch was moderately wounded when Khatib shot in the shoulder.

Khatib was shot and killed by another security guard.
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The northeen branch of Sheikh Ra'ed Salach's Islamic movement hailed Khatib as a martyr. The group distributed posters which show his picture under a banner detailing the Jerusalem incident and proclaiming him a 'shahid al-Aqsa', or martyr.

The attack took place near the Old City's Ateret Cohanim yeshiva in the Christian Quarter.

The assailant was walking with a friend on Hanotsrim Street near the Jaffa Gate, when he attacked a security guard, managing to take his gun. He then shot the guard, moderately wounding him in his shoulder.

The attacker then fled the scene, running down Avtimos Street. Another guard ran after the man, and nine bystanders were wounded, four from ricochets, in the ensuing gunfight. Five people were wounded by the assailant's gunfire, according to Israel Radio.

A witness told Israel Radio that even after it was clear that the man had been killed, the guard continued shooting, causing additional injuries.

However, police sources said that cameras stationed in the Old City caught the incident on film, and indicated that the guard acted professionally and appropriately. According to the radio, the video footage showed that the guard did not shoot the attacker after he was down in order to "confirm the kill."

"The guard acted professionally," Jerusalem District Police Commander Ilan Franco told Israel Radio. "Passersby were able to hide, and the incident is being investigated."

Security sources said the assailant was approximately 20 years old, and carried no identification. Police and the Shin Bet security service are attempting to locate his family.

Magen David Adom emergency medical teams arrived at the scene to treat the wounded and evacuate them to Jerusalem hospitals.

Following the incident, police raised the alert level ahead of Friday prayers in the Old City.

Police Commissioner Dudu Cohen said at the scene, "East Jerusalem security is at its maximum level, and people can come visit.
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  1.   Attacker, Militants or Terrotists ? 12:22  |  Alberto Cohen 10/08/07
  2.   Yishai, don`t assume 12:26  |  Dan 10/08/07
  3.   Attack on Christian Quarter 12:27  |  Pierre 10/08/07
  4.   Arabs X Jews 12:30  |  Indrajaya 10/08/07
  5.   Attack on Christian Quarter 12:51  |  AARON 10/08/07
  6.   Jews were a majority there until the 1948 ethnic cleansing 12:55  |  Dani 10/08/07
  7.   #3 Dan, #2 Alberto 12:57  |  Bob 10/08/07
  8.   #5 12:57  |  #Rab Burns 10/08/07
  9.   To no.4 and no.6 - Twisted 13:21  |  Aharon Green 10/08/07
  10.   Yishai Cohen If Arabs can`t liive with Jews, Arabs must leave 13:21  |  Tareq 10/08/07
  11.   Holy Shit 13:28  |  just a human 10/08/07
  12.   #3 Dan 13:38  |  democrat 10/08/07
  13.   Please explain Indrajaya 13:38  |  Juctice 10/08/07
  14.   More data 13:40  |  Mark Lincoln 10/08/07
  15.   Tareq,the "Cartoon Riots" instigated by "Danish" pals 13:44  |  Absolute Sweden 10/08/07
  16.   To Tareq 13:52  |  Juctice 10/08/07
  17.   TO INDARAYA 14:19  |  Nicole 10/08/07
  18.   re#8 Sorry Bob, not according to Police Chief ! 14:20  |  Alberto Cohen 10/08/07
  19.   #18 A Jew 14:25  |  Chris Linthwaite 10/08/07
  20.   Indraya, ignorance is a sin 14:39  |  adelphis 10/08/07
  21.   GUARD ACTED APPROPRIATELY 14:44  |  Brant 10/08/07
  22.   Is everything about religion? 14:47  |  Leena 10/08/07
  23.   Expel his family from Jerusalem 14:57  |  Herbert Kaine 10/08/07
  24.   Expel his family from Jerusalem 14:57  |  Herbert Kaine 10/08/07
  25.   Friday=Terror day 15:00  |  Mike 10/08/07
  26.   Chris Linthwaite #18 A Jew 15:01  |  Boris 10/08/07
  27.   BBC`s article, and it`s problems 15:01  |  Johnny 10/08/07
  28.   #1 Racism vs Anger at Crime 15:11  |  Kate 10/08/07
  29.   Arab Attacker 15:17  |  Adi 10/08/07
  30.   #23 Brant 15:34  |  Chris Linthwaite 10/08/07
  31.   Tareq / Pierre... 15:37  |  Phil 10/08/07
  32.   Now the Merchants of the Old City 15:40  |  * BEN JABO 10/08/07
  33.   re#21 Explaining Chris how BBC bias coverage works ! 15:41  |  Alberto Cohen 10/08/07
  34.   #3 Dan - Dubai 15:41  |  * BEN JABO 10/08/07
  35.   "a Jew" and Goebbels 15:44  |  Murray 10/08/07
  36.   #13 democrat 15:46  |  * BEN JABO 10/08/07
  37.   to Tareq and other Arabs: There is a Difference! Goldstein was... 15:47  |  Vittorio 10/08/07
  38.   #15 Lincoln - rather unusual 15:48  |  * BEN JABO 10/08/07
  39.   Attacker? An Arab terrorist 15:49  |  Bob 10/08/07
  40.   BBC HEADLINE: PALESTINIAN KILLED IN JERUSALEM 15:50  |  martyrmaker 10/08/07
  41.   #21 Linthwaite 15:52  |  * BEN JABO 10/08/07
  42.   no.21 Chris Linthwaite 15:53  |  Morris Arthur 10/08/07
  43.   #18UR 100%CORRECT BBC ARTICLE IS A MUST TO UNDERSTAND SITUATION 15:55  |  Mitch Iginer 10/08/07
  44.   The man with the gun. 15:55  |  sandra chitayat 10/08/07
  45.   Post # 12 15:56  |  Boris 10/08/07
  46.   #1: Yishai--might have been personal 15:56  |  Paul Freedman 10/08/07
  47.   Why is "Pierre" attacking Jews? 15:59  |  sandra chitayat 10/08/07
  48.   indrajaya #5 16:04  |  scanadu 10/08/07
  49.   for#12 16:07  |  scanadu 10/08/07
  50.   Rule of law, Brant? 16:24  |  Murray 10/08/07
  51.   To Those Who Support Arab Attackers 16:25  |  Stone 10/08/07
  52.   What a lie #12 16:33  |  Natalie Ezra 10/08/07
  53.   to #18 a Jew; #21 Chris Linthwaite 16:54  |  Ilya 10/08/07
  54.   Tareq, Yishai 16:56  |  Leo 10/08/07
  55.   It`s amazing how Arabs bury their heads in the sand 16:58  |  Jake 10/08/07
  56.   Israel is best on killing kids ! 17:01  |  Atilla Karagozoglu 10/08/07
  57.   yeshivat ateret kohanim 17:02  |  chicago 10/08/07
  58.   #18-The title is enough to disqualify it 17:06  |  Mike 10/08/07
  59.   HAARETZ WORSE THAN BBC. BBC WRITE PALESTINIAN MAN, HAARETZ ... 17:11  |  Roy, a non Jew. 10/08/07
  60.   to Pierre#4 17:16  |  Ilya 10/08/07
  61.   who is the "man" 17:21  |  shim 10/08/07
  62.   #5 17:22  |  Isac 10/08/07
  63.   # 15 According to some blogs Haaretz 17:22  |  Lynn 10/08/07
  64.   I was just there one week ago on a vist 17:22  |  GenerX 10/08/07
  65.   BBC guy, BBC is owned by the Gulf and its part of the Propaganda 17:25  |  Fuad 10/08/07
  66.   ALLAH (C.C) ŞERRİNİZDEN KORUSUN, lets explain 17:26  |  Atilla Karagozoglu 10/08/07
  67.   BBC is the Modern Day Joseph Goebbels!! 17:26  |  MARK 10/08/07
  68.   BBC -- the article is even worse than the headline! 17:31  |  micha 10/08/07
  69.   Negligent///// 17:35  |  Joe 10/08/07
  70.   Kol akavod to the security guard who killed him 17:35  |  maurice 10/08/07
  71.   #25 Atilla - He wasn`t a "Kid" 17:36  |  * BEN JABO 10/08/07
  72.   killed on the spot, bravo for the security guard 17:36  |  Jean