Police nab five Israeli settlers who crashed into patrol car while fleeing authorities

Police in the West Bank earlier today detained five Israeli settlers who rammed a patrol car while fleeing the authorities, law enforcement says.

Police, Border Police and IDF forces came this morning “to deal with an incident of extremist violence in an open area adjacent to Geva Binyamin,” law enforcement says.

Palestinian media outlets reported earlier that seven Palestinians were injured by settlers, who also allegedly burned several buildings in the village.

The five were arrested after police and IDF forces were dispatched to the area north of Jerusalem to deal with the incident. Footage from the scene shows smoke billowing from buildings as over a dozen figures gather on stony ground near the fires.

Four of the alleged attackers fled the cops by car and rammed into a patrol vehicle upon reaching a police roadblock. An officer was lightly injured in the accident and taken for medical treatment.

The suspects then exited their car and fled on foot. Officers eventually tracked them down with the help of a police helicopter and detained the four for questioning. Another suspect was arrested by Border Police officers at the scene of the incident, police say.