Jerusalem was abuzz Monday morning with talk of how Major Nir Barkat personally apprehended a Palestinian terrorist near city hall Sunday evening following a knife attack which left a Jewish pedestrian in critical condition. The entire incident was caught by a surveillance camera and became a viral sensation on social media. “About an hour-and-a-half ago when I was on my way to the office for a meeting, while we were at the junction right next to City Hall, my driver and my team noticed something happening,” Barkat told a press conference later in the evening. “I got out of the car with my bodyguard, and we approached the scene and noticed a terrorist with a knife in his hand. Without thinking, my bodyguard took out his weapon, and when he aimed at the terrorist, the terrorist dropped his knife and we immediately tackled him to the ground to make sure that he could not continue with the terror attack.”Read More
