Israeli police officers questioned over death of Palestinian who stabbed man

An Israeli policeman stands guard near Damascus Gate to the Old City of Jerusalem (Mahmoud Illean/AP)

Israel’s justice ministry said that two police officers were brought in for questioning following the shooting death of a Palestinian who had stabbed an Israeli man in east Jerusalem.

Israeli police released surveillance video in which the attacker can be seen stabbing the ultra-Orthodox Jewish man and then trying to stab a Border Police officer before being shot and falling to the ground.