A Border Police officer who saw the incident shot and killed the assailant; victim taken to hospital in moderate condition.
The assailant was named as Khaled Za'aneen from the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina, which the light rail runs through. According to Magen David Adom emergency services, the injured man, who was stabbed in the back, was taken to a local hospital.
MDA reported that the injured man fled the station to a nearby street, where emergency services arrived to treat him. Paramedics at the scene said they found the man "fully conscious with stab wounds to his upper body," provided life-saving medical treatment and transported him to hospital in moderate condition.
The police statement said a crowd of people “began to struggle with the terrorist” after the stabbing.
One witness, Eldad Bar-Kochva, told the Ynet news site that he was sitting at the station with his wife when the boy took out the knife.
“We pounced on him, I gave him a strong kick in the face and hand, and the knife fell out of his hand. A border policeman ran over and shot him,” he said, adding that the entire incident unfolded in about 30 seconds.
Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai arrived at the scene and praised the speedy response of the police officer, saying he showed "the level of vigilance of our forces in the field, who time and again prevent and thwart terrorist attacks."