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Police in Jerusalem arrested a 14-year-old Arab youth carrying a knife along the Old City's Hagai Street on Monday morning, preventing a potentially deadly terrorist attack.

The Arab suspect attracted the officers' attention after he was spotted loitering near a Jewish home. Upon conducting a search, police discovered a knife carefully concealed on the suspect's person and detained him for questioning immediately.

"The police officers deployed in the area operate daily...  and are tasked with the mission of thwarting terrorist incidents, and protecting the residents and many visitors to the city, with an emphasis on the alleys of the Old City," where terrorists have been known to lurk, according to the City of David Police Commander.

"The alertness of the officers, their operational preparedness, and their professionalism enabled them to identify the minor (suspect) behaving irregularly, and (to) seize the knife.

"Their action prevented harm to innocent people," he added.