With my team, heroes! pic.twitter.com/EcejCensbI
— Archive:Mayor Nir Barkat (@ArchiveNir) February 22, 2015
Frightening and incredible news out of Israel this morning: Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat and his bodyguards reportedly subdued a knife-wielding Palestinian attacker after he stabbed an elderly
Jewish man.
#BREAKING @IL_police reporting that an18 year old #Palestinian was arrested after stabbing a Jewish man near the old city of #Jerusalem
— LTC (R) Peter Lerner (@LTCPeterLerner) February 22, 2015
https://twitter.com/Yair_Rosenberg/status/569534810969866240
https://twitter.com/GidonShaviv/status/569538725971042304
@NirBarkat honorable mayor you are a great man and a hero
— #ProtectiveEdge?? (@protectiveedge) February 22, 2015
Watch the security video here, which shows Mayor Barkat in white shirt sleeves in the streets lunging directly at the assailant.
VIDEO: #Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, bodyguard subdue terrorist seconds after he stabs Israeli http://t.co/0LY31bTtXY pic.twitter.com/USqfzYL4el
— Ynetnews (@ynetnews) February 22, 2015
Barkat recalled the event: “I was traveling in a car next to the IDF Square (Safra Sqaure) when my team suddenly say a terrorist with a knife right next to us. I immediately jumped out of the car together with my team, (my bodyguard) pulled out his gun and together we held the terrorist until security forces arrived, we also attempted to treat the victim.”
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#Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat helped subdue terrorist who stabbed an Orthodox #Jew outside the Jerusalem municipality. pic.twitter.com/XHB2PeqM1X
— James J. Marlow (@James_J_Marlow) February 22, 2015
Don’t mess with Jerusalem!
We don't need vigilantes when we have @NirBarkat…BAWS!!! Don't mess with #Jerusalem! pic.twitter.com/EMIztSFSTp
— Aaron Friedman (@AaronFriedman) February 22, 2015
If only every city were so fortunate…
@GidonShaviv wow you have one badass mayor. Good for your city @NirBarkat
— sara belgium (@sbelg) February 22, 2015
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