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Teen indicted over torching of bus during Bnei Brak riot
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAn ultra-Orthodox teenager, 16, has been charged with torching a bus during violent riots in the central Israel city of Bnei Brak last month.
The teenager is also indicted on charges of throwing stones at passersby.
The teenager was allegedly part of a mob that pulled a driver from his bus and beat him, lightly injuring him before setting the vehicle on fire.
The vehicle was completely gutted before firefighters could reach the scene, with the flames burning through nearby electric cables and causing a blackout in parts of the ultra-Orthodox city located near Tel Aviv.
Several residents of nearby buildings were evacuated amid fears the bus could explode.
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