Jerusalem Mayor Tackles Attacker

Romans 13:4 For he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer.

The mayor of Jerusalem and his security guard wrestled a Palestinian attacker to the ground on Sunday after he stabbed an ultra-Orthodox Jew at an intersection.

Mayor Nir Barkat is shown on security footage walking to the attacker with his security guard before lunging at him and pinning the attacker to the street.  Once the man was subdued by the Mayor, other residents came and restrained him until police arrived on the scene.

The video shows the attacker waving a knife around in the air before stabbing one man and attempting to stab a second.  The victims were not seriously hurt according to police officials.

“My bodyguard took out his weapon and when he aimed at the terrorist, the terrorist dropped his knife and we immediately tackled him on the ground to make sure that he cannot continue with the terror attack,” Barkat told reporters.

Barkat was an officer in a paratroopers unit before going into business and politics.

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