{"id":310835,"date":"2017-04-14T18:10:40","date_gmt":"2017-04-14T18:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=310835"},"modified":"2017-04-14T18:10:40","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T18:10:40","slug":"jerusalem-stabbing-british-woman-killed-in-tram-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/jerusalem-stabbing-british-woman-killed-in-tram-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerusalem stabbing: British woman killed in tram attack"},"content":{"rendered":"
A British woman has been stabbed to death on a tram in Jerusalem.<\/p>\n
She has been named as student Hannah Bladon by Israel’s ambassador to the UK, Mark Regev.<\/p>\n
Ms Bladon was stabbed several times in the chest while she travelled on a tram in Tzahal Square, packed with pilgrims visiting for Passover and Easter, and died in hospital soon after.<\/p>\n
Israeli authorities identified 57-year-old Palestinian Gamil Tamimi as her attacker. He was arrested at the scene.<\/p>\n
Police say Mr Tamimi, a resident of Ras al-Amud in east Jerusalem, was recently released from a psychiatric hospital.<\/p>\n
Jerusalem police chief Yoram Halevy told the AFP news agency that the man was “very mentally disturbed”.<\/p>\n
‘Filled with sadness’<\/strong><\/p>\n The agency said authorities had said an off-duty policeman travelling on the tram triggered the emergency stop and overpowered the attacker with the help of another passenger.<\/p>\n A 30-year-old pregnant woman and a 50-year-old man were also injured in the attack.<\/p>\n BBC Middle East correspondent Tom Bateman said the pair, who were much less seriously injured than the British woman, were either hurt when the tram came to a sudden stop or in the panic to get away.<\/p>\n A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: “We are in touch with local authorities following an incident in Jerusalem on April 14.”<\/p>\n