Female officer lightly wounded in stabbing at Temple Mount

A policewoman was lightly wounded Thursday afternoon in a stabbing attack in Jerusalem’s Old City, police said, The Times of Israel reports.

Just before 4 p.m., a Palestinian assailant walked up to a group of officers at the Temple Mount’s Chain Gate, above the Western Wall area, pulled out a knife and attempted to stab the officers.

The cops at the site overpowered the man, and he was taken for questioning.

The man’s identity has not been released, but police characterized the incident as a terror attack.