A police spokesman on Wednesday morning 27 Sivan reported a man was arrested in the capital on suspicion of assaulting an Arab male in a hate attack.

Police over the weekend received a call for a fight in a gas station in which one person was taken to a local hospital with light injuries and the other party fled the scene.

Police responded to the scene and began probing the incident. Police learned that shortly before the attack, a 25-year-old Arab male from the eastern capital was there with a 19-year-old female. Police learned a 25-year-old male passed in his vehicle and when he saw the Arab male with the Jerusalem woman, he asked the male “are you Arab”, to which he responded “yes”. Police believe the male in the vehicle then attacked the Arab male with a rod that he had in his hand.

As the investigation progressed, police learned the identity of the suspect, who was questioned and connected to the attack. He was arraigned and held without bail on Monday, 25 Sivan, until Thursday 28 Sivan, when he will be arraigned again.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)