US student knifed by Arabs in e. J'lem

An American student studying at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem was attacked and moderately wounded at 2 a.m. on Sunday morning by three Arab teens after he got lost in east Jerusalem, police and rescue officials said.

The 19-year-old Jewish student, who is studying at the university's overseas program, told police that he was assaulted by three Arab teens after getting lost in east Jerusalem on his way back to the university's Mount Scopus dorms, Jerusalem police spokesman Asi Aharoni said.

The student, who was slashed in the neck and cheek with a utility knife, said that he was attacked by the three after he asked them for directions in Hebrew how to get back to the university, according to Aharoni.