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Tel Aviv court puts Arab beaten by cops under house arrest
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleTel Aviv District Court orders house arrest for a young Arab supermarket worker who was severely beaten yesterday by police in the city.
Police say that 19-year-old Maysam Abu Alqian, from the Negev town of Hura, was resisting arrest and attacked officers after they asked him for identification.
The youth says the cops called him a “dirty Arab,” Haaretz reports, and after the beating prevented him from receiving medical treatment for his injuries. They also prevented him from contacting his parents, he says.
The police are also investigating the officers’ actions.
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