The Israel Police announced on Friday morning that an attempted stabbing at the entrance to a police station in Kafr Yasif was foiled.
According to the police, the incident occurred around 5:30 a.m., when a terrorist exited a vehicle near the station’s entrance, charged at a Border Police officer who was standing there with a knife, and attempted to stab him.
The officer quickly subdued the terrorist, who was neutralized at the scene, and the knife was seized.
The terrorist, a 23-year-old resident of Jdeideh-Makr, was arrested and taken for questioning at the station.
A decision will be made at the end of the interrogation on whether to request an extension of his detention in court.