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July 12, 2008

Two Israeli Policemen Wounded in Jerusalem Attack 
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Gunman opened fire on two Israeli policemen on patrol in Jerusalem's Old
City 
Two Israeli policemen have been wounded, one critically, in a shooting
attack in disputed East Jerusalem. Robert Berger reports from VOA's
Jerusalem bureau. An Israeli police officer stands guard next to
Palestinians detained for questioning outside the Lion's Gate of
Jerusalem's Old City after a shooting attack, 12 July 2008A gunman
opened fire on two Israeli policemen on patrol in Jerusalem's Old City.
A security camera captured the incident, but the assailant's face was
not visible in the darkness. Police spokesman Yaron Yadid described it
as a Palestinian terrorist attack.Yadid told Israel Radio that the
gunman opened fire with a pistol, but apparently was not hit when police
returned fire. He fled to a nearby cemetery and escaped. Paramilitary
border police rounded up Palestinian men in an Arab neighborhood near
the Old City for questioning. The attack came 10 days after an Arab
construction worker went on a rampage with a bulldozer in downtown
Jerusalem, killing thre!
 e Israelis before being shot dead. In March, a Palestinian from East
Jerusalem shot and killed eight Israelis in an attack on a Jewish
seminary in the city.Police Commissioner Dudi Cohen says that he did not
believe the recent attacks were related. Each attack is being treated an
isolated incident, he said. Nevertheless, the attacks threaten to upset
a delicate coexistence in Jerusalem, where two-thirds of residents are
Jewish and one-third Palestinian. They do not interact much socially and
live in separate neighborhoods, but many Arabs work daily in Jewish
areas of Jerusalem and the people get along. In the wake of the latest
attacks, Jews in the city fear for their safety and Arabs fear a
backlash.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.


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