An Israeli police officer has been seriously injured in what initial reports suggest was a coordinated attack by three Palestinians at two locations just outside Jerusalem’s Old City.

Initial reports suggested that three attackers armed with knives and a home-made automatic weapon launched the assaults near the Old City’s Damascus gate on Friday evening, before being shot dead. According to Israeli media, the seriously injured officer was a woman in her 20s who was attacked by two individuals, one with a knife and the second with a “Carlos” homemade submachine gun, which jammed without firing. At the same time a third attacker armed with a knife reportedly wounded two Israelis nearby before also being shot. Photographs and video footage from the aftermath of the attack showed the body of an alleged assailant as well as a knife and submachine gun. Israel police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld confirmed a female officer in her 20s was critically wounded in the attack. According to the police, four other people were wounded – two moderately and two lightly.(guardian)…[+]