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Arab Stabbed in the Back by Jewish Man in Old City

March 1, 1995
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An Arab resident of Silwan in eastern Jerusalem was listed in serious condition Wednesday night, after being stabbed in the back by a Jewish man in the Old City.

A border police patrol later apprehended the attacker, a 24-year-old resident of Neranya. The man has a criminal background, and told police that he did not know the person he stabbed, Israel Television reported.

The stabbing victim was hospitalized at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem.

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