Palestinian arrested for assaulting Jewish man in Old City

Policeman at the scene lightly injured when rocks hurled at him as he assists the victim

Illustrative photo of a police car in Jerusalem, November 2013 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Illustrative photo of a police car in Jerusalem, November 2013 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

A Palestinian man was arrested Saturday on suspicion that he assaulted a Jewish man in the Old City of Jerusalem.

The man was lightly injured and did not need medical attention.

A border policeman responding to the scene was also lightly injured when a group of men began throwing rocks at him as he arrived to assist the victim.

The stone-throwers were not caught by police.

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