Police are using tear gas and other crowd-control methods in an effort to contain a demonstration of Ethiopian Israelis, who are alleging that racism played a part in a recent police brutality case.
Some 1,000 people are demonstrating in Jerusalem, and have been walking with an aim of reaching the Prime Minister’s Residence.
At least three police officers and eight demonstrators are wounded, Channel 2 reports.
A reporter on the scene says the demonstration, which began quietly with some 200 people, has become violent.
He adds that it is unclear why police are trying to prevent the demonstrators from reaching the Prime Minister’s Residence.
The demonstrators were confronting police at the bottom of Jerusalem’s Agron Street, about 300 meters from the residence.
Ethiopian Israelis clash with police officers at the bottom of Agron Street in Jerusalem, on Thursday, April 30, 2015. (Photo credit: Ilana Brown)
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