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An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man, who just broke his ninth of Av fast, was stabbed by several Muslim terrorists, according to police reports in Israel.
Jerusalem police said that a 33-year-old Haredi man was stabbed Tuesday night. Magen David Adom emergency workers took the man to Shaare Zedek Medical Center with minor injuries. A large police force arrived at the scene in search of two young Muslims, who allegedly stabbed the man. Police speculate that the man was attacked because he was Jewish.
The man was walking home from the Western Wall and had decided to take the Damascus Gate route home. As he approached Sultan Suleiman Street, two young Muslims allegedly stabbed him in the abdomen and fled. Other ultra-Orthodox Jewish people walking on the street at that time, witnessed the attack and called police. Officers dispersed the crowd and took the victim to a waiting ambulance.
"Around 9:00 pm, we received a call about a man, who had been stabbed at the Damascus Gate," Ariel Litman of the MDA said. A team of emergency workers was sent to the scene. Since a crowd of people already gathered at the scene, police brought the injured man to us. He was waking to us with multiple stab wounds in the chest and abdomen. We provided first aid and took him to a hospital," Litman said.
The man told police that he attempted to fight with the suspects.
As a result of heightened fears of clashes between Jews and Muslims, the Jerusalem Police and the Israel Border Police, have deployed additional forces throughout the Old City and East Jerusalem.