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Tuesday, April 3, 2018
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Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Ultra-Orthodox in Jerusalem protest autopsy of baby who died in hotel jacuzzi
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleDozens of ultra-Orthodox men demonstrate in Jerusalem in protest of a planned autopsy of a baby who drowned in a hotel jacuzzi in the coastal city of Ashdod on Monday.
Protesters are blocking the Kikar Hashabbat intersection in the capital, reports say.
The baby’s parents are both being held in police custody as suspects in the case.
The mother had claimed the baby slipped from her arms while she was bathing him in the family’s room in the Miami Hotel in Ashdod, where they were vacationing for the Passover festival.
On Monday night, ultra-Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem and Ashdod protested the investigation and the possible autopsy, temporarily blocking traffic and the light rail system and clashing with police.
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