JERUSALEM, April 14 (Xinhua) -- A knife-wielding Palestinian went on a stabbing spree in Jerusalem's light rail on Friday noon, "severely" injuring a British student, Israeli officials said.
Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said the assailant was shot and "neutralized."
The attack, amidst the Jewish holiday of Passover, took place in the IDF Square, located near East Jerusalem' Old City.
Eyewitnesses told local media that the knifeman entered one of the trailers and tried to stab passengers.
A spokesperson for the MDA emergency medical service said a woman was rushed to the Sha'arey Tzedek Hospital in Jerusalem in a "fatal" condition.
Samri identified her as a 25-year-old student and tourist from England.
In addition, Israelis man and a pregnant woman, who were apparently light injured as the rail went into an emergency brake, the MDA spokesperson said.
The rail service in the city was temporarily halted, said a statement by Citipass, which operates the rail.
The attack was part of a spate of violence that broke out in September 2015.
Since the beginning of the unrest, Palestinians have killed 41 Israelis and two U.S. nationals, while Israeli forces and civilians killed at least 241 Palestinians, a Jordanian, and two African asylum seekers, most of them alleged attackers, according to Israel.
Israel accuses the Palestinian National Authority of "inciting" the unrest. The Palestinians say it is the result of 50 years of Israeli occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, home to more than five million Palestinians.
