Female British student stabbed to death in knife attack on board train in Jerusalem

© Reuters Israeli policemen block the road after the attack just outside Jerusalem's Old City (Reuters)  
 A young British woman has been killed in a knife attack on a train in Jerusalem.

The woman, a student understood to be visiting on a tourist trip, was stabbed repeatedly on board a train near the Old Town of Jerusalem.

Two other people are believed to have also been injured in the attack. One of the attack victims is said to have been a pregnant woman.

Israel’s national ambulance service, Magen David Adom, said on Twitter they treated a 25-year-old woman who was in a critical condition after being stabbed in the upper part of her body.

The woman later succumbed to her injuries, according to Hadassah University Medical Center in Jerusalem.

They said a 30-year-old pregnant woman and 50 year-old man were also injured.

MDA official Zeevi Hanfling said: “Police officers led me into the train where a young girl was lying unconscious W stab wounds 2 her upper body part."

Israel’s foreign ministry referred to the attacker in a tweet posted online as a “terrorist”.

The foreign affairs office shared a photo of the knife allegedly used to murder the young woman.
They added: “The terrorist was arrested by police at the scene.” - Evening Standard