A police investigation into a reported Bnei Brak assault was filed on February 17, 2019, after a local merchant complained that a person entered his store and began bothering him. After asking him and then instructing him to leave, the complainant told police he was assaulted, punched and kicked and sprayed with pepper spray before the attacker fled.

Police have tracked down an 18-year-old suspect from the city, who has been placed under arrested and he remains behind bars following arraignment. An indictment was filed against him on Monday, February 25, 2019, with the prosecutor asking to hold the suspect without bail. Police did not specify the motive for the assault.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)