June 2017 Jerusalem attack
| June 2017 Jerusalem attack | |
|---|---|
| Part of Israeli–Palestinian conflict or ISIL terrorism | |
Stabbing Shooting Map of the Old City of Jerusalem | |
| Location | Jerusalem |
| Date | 16 June 2017 19:30 (UTC+03:00) |
| Target | Israel Border Police |
Attack type | Stabbing, mass shooting |
| Weapons | Knives, improvised "carlo" submachine guns |
| Deaths | 4 (including 3 attackers) |
| Injured | 4 |
| Victim | Hadas Malka (deceased) |
| Perpetrators | Adel Ankush Bra'a Salah Asama Ahmed |
On 16 June 2017, two Palestinian men opened fire on Israeli police officers in the Old City of Jerusalem, injuring four of them. An additional attacker stabbed a policewoman, she was critically injured, and later died in hospital. All three attackers were shot and killed by the Israeli authorities.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has claimed responsibility for the attacks, but Palestinian militant organisations PFLP and Hamas rejected the claim, saying that the perpetrators were members of their groups. On 17 June, Israeli authorities said that the attack was under investigation and that there is no evidence yet for ISIL involvement.
The attack was the third major terrorist attack in Jerusalem in 2017 after the 2017 Jerusalem Light Rail stabbing in which a British tourist was stabbed to death, and the 2017 Jerusalem truck attack in which four Israeli soldiers were killed and 17 others wounded.