Israeli gang arrested over attacks

Tue Dec 21, 2010

The Israeli police have arrested an Israeli gang, comprised mostly of youths, suspected to be involved in a series of attacks aimed at Arabs in al-Quds (Jerusalem).

“A number of youths were arrested following an investigation by the Jerusalem district police into attacks on Arab-Israelis in the center of town,” police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said on Tuesday.

He added that the police have received over 10 complaints, and their investigations indicated that the gang more specifically targeted Arabs, according to an AFP report.

“The suspects were arrested over the past several months and brought before a Jerusalem court on Tuesday for a remand hearing where they were ordered held under house arrest, and the investigation continues,” he added.

According to the reports, a court-issued gag order has banned former publications of details on the case.

A gag order is usually ordered to limit freedom of press, and to prevent potential jurors in a future Criminal Court trial from being influenced by media reports.

There are some 200,000 Arab residents in the east al-Quds, where Israel captured in the Six-day War in 1967 and later annexed in a move not recognized by the international community.

Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/156502.html.