A Palestinian was shot by police after he vandalized a number of cars in the Neve Yaakov neighborhood of east Jerusalem early Monday morning, according to Israel Police.
The Palestinian, a man in his 20s, was wearing a coat and holding an unidentified object. After police arrived at the scene, they heard an explosion from one of the cars nearby, which was seemingly torched by the suspect.
The police asked the man to remove his coat, but he refused to do so and began mumbling "Allahu Akbar" and other verses. A police officer subsequently fired a single bullet toward him, injuring him. The man was transferred to a hospital for medical treatment.
Additional police forces arrived a the scene and found 10 vandalized cars and an additional car that was torched. The Palestinian is suspected of conducting the vandalism due to nationalistic motives.