Delivery man held for allegedly attacking protesters, possibly for second week

A bike rider working for food delivery firm Wolt has reportedly been detained for attempting to run over protesters in Tel Aviv.

This is the second week a deliveryman for the company has been detained for attacking protesters, and it may have been the same person.

A Twitter account called “Mothers Against Police Violence,” says one of its members called police after identifying the bike rider as the same man who pepper-sprayed protesters last week. When she tried to block him from leaving, he tried to run over her kids, she says,

השליח של וולט שריסס מפגינות בשבוע שעבר, חזר היום לפגוע במפגינים. #אמהות_נגד_אלימות_המשטרה זיהו אותו מיד וקראו למשטרה pic.twitter.com/BMgqzbNJG3

— אימהות נגד אלימות ???? Mothers against violence (@imahot4) October 24, 2020

According to a Ynet reporter, a second Wolt driver has been detained elsewhere in the city, also on suspicion of hitting protesters.