Suspect arrested in attack on nun yesterday in Jerusalem Old City

By Charlie Summers

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29 April 2026, 11:41 am

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Police have arrested a 36-year-old man on suspicion of attacking a nun near King David’s Tomb in Jerusalem yesterday afternoon.

A nun who sustained a bruise to the head after a man allegedly attacked her near King David’s Tomb in the Old City of Jerusalem on April 28, 2026. (Israel Police)

He has been interrogated on suspicion of racially motivated assault and will be brought to the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court for an extension of his remand.

The nun, who suffered a bruise to the head as a result of the attack, is employed by the French School of Biblical and Archeological Research.

The institute’s director, Olivier Poquillon, said yesterday that the nun was the “victim of an unprovoked assault” in the late afternoon in the Old City.

“We strongly condemn this act of sectarian violence and expect the authorities to act swiftly and decisively,” he wrote on X.