From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, December 27, 2022
2nd suspect arrested over Haredi Jerusalem protest that badly injured passerby
Police arrest a further suspect in relation to an ultra-Orthodox protest in Jerusalem earlier this month during which a dumpster was set ablaze and shoved, seriously injuring a woman who was passing nearby.
Police say the suspect was arrested in the Haredi town of Elad in central Israel and brought to a police station for questioning. Another suspect was arrested in Jerusalem earlier in the week.
Mirel Dzalovsky, a 40-year-old mother of 10, was brought to a hospital unconscious and placed on a ventilator.
The demonstration erupted in response to the arrest of a man suspected of torching a cellphone store several months ago. Cellphone stores are sometimes targeted by religious extremists for not complying with “kosher rules” restricting the devices.
