Police say they have arrested a suspect in the burning of a police motorcycle during a riot in Bnei Brak last month.
The alleged arsonist, a 16-year-old from Ashdod, was nabbed by officers this morning. A court ordered he remain in custody until Wednesday at least.
Weeks have passed since the incident, in which the motorcycle was completely destroyed, alongside tefillin and a prayer book that were left in its luggage box.
The motorcycle was set alight during a mass riot that erupted after a hundreds-strong mob attacked two female soldiers who came to the ultra-Orthodox city to visit a new recruit.
In addition to burning the motorcycle, the Haredi mob lightly injured five police officers and overturned a patrol car. Police at the time said they arrested 26 suspects in the riot, but all those detained went free the next day.
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