Police have arrested two 17-year-old Arab males suspected of perpetrating two muggings in Yerushalayim within a number of hours. They used pepper spray to neutralize their victims.

One victim, a woman, told police she was walking on Nami Street when she noticed the two males following her. They approached her and sprayed her with pepper spray and tried grabbing her bag and running. She however did not let go and they fled without it. A number of hours later, in Yemin Moshe, they approached a couple and sprayed them and grabbed the woman’s handbag and cellphone and ran.

Police immediately suspected the same assailants in both cases. Arrests were made in under 24 hours. The stolen phone was found in their property. They were arrested and arraigned and are currently remanded.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)