Police arrested a resident of Ohr Akiva suspected of assaulting a nurse at Hillel Yaffa Hospital in Hadera.

According to the report, the 57-year-old suspect, who is in the hospital, threw a shoe at the nurse. Police explain that the suspect refused to comply with a nurse’s instructions to put out a yahrzeit light he lit in his room near an oxygen tank. After the discussion between the nurse and patient, he threw a shoe at her, which hit her.

The hospital’s security guards arrived at the scene, detained the suspect until the police arrived and arrested him for questioning.

The suspect was arrested and, as far as an investigation is required. Police added that he may be brought to a Magistrate Court for a request to extend his detention.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)