Tel Aviv District Police prosecutors have filed an indictment against a city resident who allegedly attacked a 13-year-old boy with scissors, a spokesman says.
Police arrested the 39-year-old suspect on February 13, the day of the attack, as he tried to flee the scene by motorbike.
A law enforcement spokesman says the suspect attempted to slash the victim’s face on King George Street in Tel Aviv, with a pair of scissors that he hid under his sock. He apparently had no previous connection to his victim.
Footage attached by the spokesman depicts the suspect dressed in a tracksuit, holding the pair of scissors in his left hand presumably before the incident occurred.
He was caught and arrested by police while fleeing the scene of the crime and was charged yesterday with assault of a minor, vehicle theft and making threats.
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