Israeli teens charged with racist attack on Arabs

Israeli prosecutors indicted four Jewish youths, all 17 years old, suspected of a “racially motivated” assault on two Arab men in the coastal city of Netanya, the Justice Ministry says.

A ministry statement says the four had been drinking alcohol at a beach on February 17, when they saw the two Arabs heading toward an elevator.

They allegedly began following them and insulted the Prophet Mohammed before throwing stones and empty bottles at the pair who fled to the elevator, only to be trapped inside it where the attack continued.

One Arab was pulled from the elevator and branded a “terrorist.” He was beaten and choked until he lost his consciousness and was eventually taken to a hospital.

The four were charged with “racially motivated aggravated assault,” the ministry’s statement reads.

— AFP