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Sunday, September 2, 2018
Fourth suspect said arrested in racist beach attack on Arabs
A fourth person is arrested for suspected involvement in a violent hate crime targeting a group of Arab Israelis in the northern city of Haifa two weeks ago, according to reports in Hebrew-language media.
The suspect, a 21-year-old man from Kiryat Motzkin, will go before a judge tomorrow for a remand hearing.
Two weeks ago, a three men from Shfaram reported that a group of around nine Jews badly beat them up after learning they were Arab.
Three others were arrested for their suspected involvement in the attack last week. On Monday, a judge in the Haifa Magistrate’s Court released two of them to house arrest.