Mounted officer investigated on suspicion of assaulting protester

Mounted police are deployed in Tel Aviv during a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government's judicial overhaul, July 11, 2023. (AP Photo/ Oded Balilty)
Illustrative: Mounted police are deployed in Tel Aviv during a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government's judicial overhaul, July 11, 2023 (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

The Justice Ministry’s Police Internal Investigations Department today questioned a mounted police officer filmed knocking over and running over an anti-government protester in Tel Aviv last week.

The officer, who was questioned under caution, insisted he acted per police regulations and denied intentionally attacking the demonstrator, according to the Haaretz daily.

He was later released without conditions.

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