19-year-old arrested in connection with attack on Arab
Jewish youth denies involvement in incident in which 17-year-old East Jerusalem Arab was seriously injured
17-year-old Jamal Julani is visited by his mother at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital after being attacked by Jewish youths in downtown Jerusalem. (photo credit: Oren Nahshon/Flash90)
A 19-year-old Jewish youth was arrested on Saturday afternoon on suspicion of involvement in the fight which broke out between Jewish and Arab youths on Thursday night, in which a 17-year-old Arab resident of East Jerusalem was seriously injured.
Following his arrest, the Jewish youth, a resident of Jerusalem, denied the allegations against him. However, his interrogators intended to have him remanded on Sunday.
Additional arrests were expected in the coming week.
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