Jerusalem - Israeli police shot dead a knife-wielding Palestinian who attempted to stab colleagues at an east Jerusalem checkpoint, a spokeswoman said on Saturday.
The 17-year-old assailant from the Al-Tur neighbourhood of annexed Arab east Jerusalem managed to get past one checkpoint but was brought down at a second near Al-Zaim without any police casualties, the spokeswoman said.
Police distributed a photograph of a knife and cleaver they said the slain suspect was carrying.
Palestinian activists in Jerusalem named the dead teenager as Ali al-Ghannam, and said his father was summoned by police to identify the body.
Jerusalem police commander Moshe Edri said the "determined actions" of security forces at the two checkpoints "saved lives."
Al-Zaim checkpoint, where the suspect was shot dead shortly before midnight (2100 GMT Friday), lies on the main highway east from Jerusalem.
Clashes broke out in Ghannam's home neighbourhood on Saturday as young Palestinians in Al-Tur protested against the killing of the teenager.
Around 50 protesters threw stones and rolled burning tyres at Israeli security forces, who responded with tear gas and rubber bullets, an AFP correspondent reported.
Five protesters were wounded.
AFP
