Shoppers stabbed in Israel

The attack happened on Wednesday in a supermarket in the Mishor Adumim district of east Jerusalem.

Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said a 16-year-old Palestinian boy went into the shop and stabbed two customers, who are both believed to be Israeli.

Samri said the victims, who are in their 50s, received minor injuries in the attack and were being treated at a hospital in Jerusalem.

The police described the incident as "an apparent terror attack" and said the teenager was from the village of al-Azariya, also in east Jerusalem.

It is reported the teenager was seriously injured after being shot in the legs by a private security guard.

Worst violence in a decade

The stabbings come as Israel has suffered some of its worst violence in nearly a decade.

In the past month, about 11 people have died in attacks, including five people who were killed with guns and meat cleavers in an assault on a Jerusalem synagogue.

Much of the violence has taken place in Jerusalem, with other attacks in Tel Aviv and the West Bank.

lw/mkg (AP, AFP)