Israeli security personnel secure an entrance to Jerusalem’s Old City, following a stabbing attack, Aug. 17, 2020. Photo: Reuters / Ammar Awad.

A knife-wielding assailant wounded an Israeli policeman in the Old City of Jerusalem and was shot dead by an officer on Monday, a police spokesman said.

The slain man’s identity was not immediately clear, the spokesman said.

Video footage circulated on social media, and which Reuters could not immediately verify, showing a man who appeared to be in his 20s or 30s wearing a surgical mask and lying motionless in an alley as an Israeli policeman pointed a pistol at him.

Border policeman was stabbed by terrorist in old city, #Jerusalem. Officer taken to hospital in moderate condition. Terrorist shot. pic.twitter.com/57AWxv0LBF

— Micky Rosenfeld (@MickyRosenfeld) August 17, 2020