From 13-year-old boy sets woman’s hair alight on Netanya bus
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePolice arrest a 13-year-old boy who was filmed setting a woman’s hair on fire on a public bus in Netanya.
Officers nabbed the teen shortly after he was caught in the act on video, police say.
Standing in the bus aisle, the suspect is seen attempting to discreetly take a lighter to the hair of a woman seated near him.
After flicking the lighter in his hand, the boy appears to feign surprise and call attention to the blaze that he started, as a passenger who witnessed the scene comes to the woman’s aid.
Police brought the teen to court for a remand hearing today, where a judge ordered him held in custody for three more days.
Police arrest a 13 y/o boy after he was filmed setting a woman's hair on fire on a public bus pic.twitter.com/flj3IBWeOM
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