Posted on 11/21/16
| News Source: YWN
In recent weeks, there have been a number of attacks against chareidi IDF soldiers in uniform by chareidim in Beit Shemesh as well as violence directed against police. An attack occurred on 10 Cheshvan during the afternoon hours when a chareidi soldier in uniform was attacked by chareidim. A chareidi officer in plainclothes traveling with his family saw the attack and headed towards the scene. Baruch Hashem he succeeded in extricating the soldier from the mob as both of them were being attacked with rocks.
A week earlier, chareidim held a stormy protest in Beit Shemesh after one member of the community was arrested for not reporting to a draft center. Police were pelted with stones by the chareidim taking part in the protest.
Following the investigations into the above-mentioned events, police during the night of motzei Shabbos arrested three Beit Shemesh residents for attacking the soldier and for violence during the protest against the arrest of the talmid. Two adults are going to be charged with attacking police and a 14-year-old will be charged with attacking the soldier.
After the detainees were processed in the Beit Shemesh police station they were remanded in front of a Jerusalem Magistrate Court.