A young British woman was stabbed to death by a Palestinian man in Jerusalem yesterday just three months after she began a Bible studies course in the city.

Hannah Bladon, 20, was killed on a tram near Jerusalem’s Old City by a disturbed Palestinian man who attacked her at random with a kitchen knife, Israeli authorities said. He was arrested at the scene.

Ms Bladon was a religious studies undergraduate at the University of Birmingham who arrived in Jerusalem in January as part of an exchange programme with The Hebrew University. She was reportedly taking courses in Bible studies, archaeology and religion.