Jerusalem’s police arrested on Saturday night two Arab suspects who are believed to be behind the arson of an Israeli-owned vehicle about a week ago in the neighborhood of Shimon HatZadik (Sheikh Jarrah).
The police stated that detectives operating together with Border Police troops arrested two local residents suspected of involvement in the torching of a vehicle about a week ago in Sheikh Jarrah.
The torching of the car caused no casualties but the vehicle was destroyed. After the arson, police forces searched the area for suspects in the act and launched an investigation.
The two suspects, aged 28 and 18, were taken for questioning at the Shalem station.
“The Israel Police will continue to act against any lawbreaker who harms public safety, security, and property,” it stated Sunday.
Tal Yoshvayev, the owner of the car, said that this was the ninth time that his car was torched by Arab arsonists in recent months.
Last month, the police arrested another three Arabs suspected of torching a car in the Shimon HatZadik neighborhood that was owned by an Israeli.
The Shimon HatZadik neighborhood has been the scene of multiple Arab attacks against the Jewish residents, whom they want to leave the area.
On December 8, an Israeli mother who was walking in the streets of the Shimon HatZadik neighborhood with her three small children was stabbed and wounded by an Arab terrorist.
The mother, Moriah Cohen in her mid-20s, was evacuated in light condition to a hospital in Jerusalem was the 12-inch knife still stuck in her body. The terrorist fled the scene, and the police launched a manhunt for her and tracked her down to a nearby girl’s school. Massive forces entered the compound and arrested the suspect.
