Israeli police arrest four settlers after an incident in Sinjil in the occupied West Bank involving a vehicle carrying CNN staff. Police say officers respond after settlers block the journalists’ car and damage it while the team is trying to leave. CNN reports that its crew was covering events near the village of Sinjil, north of Ramallah, when four settlers allegedly blocked the road with their car and prevented vehicles from moving forward. Following the incident, police detain and arrest four suspects and seize their vehicle, according to reports citing Israeli police and the Times of Israel. Officers say clubs and a knife are found on the seized vehicle. The reports place the incident within a broader context of heightened settler violence in the West Bank, noting that on Saturday settlers also destroyed a farm in al-Masoudiya and wounded four Palestinians in Masafer Yatta. The accounts rely on statements from police and reporting by CNN and Israeli outlets, with no additional details on charges or further legal proceedings included.
Israeli police arrest four settlers after alleged attack on CNN crew vehicle
Israeli police arrest four settlers after an incident in Sinjil in the occupied West Bank involving a vehicle carrying CNN staff. Police say officers respond after settlers block the journalists’ car...
- Israeli police detain and arrest four settlers over an incident involving a vehicle carrying CNN journalists in Sinjil, north of Ramallah.
- CNN says its crew was reporting near Sinjil when four settlers allegedly blocked the road and prevented vehicles from leaving.
- Police say the settlers damaged the journalists’ vehicle and blocked their car before officers intervened.
- Police seize the suspects’ vehicle; reports say clubs and a knife are found inside.
- The incident is reported amid a wider increase in settler violence in the occupied West Bank on the same day.
JERUSALEM — Israeli police said they arrested four suspects on Saturday for allegedly damaging a vehicle carrying foreign journalists in the occupied West Bank, in an incident that US broadcaster CNN described as an attack on its crew by Israeli settlers. According to CNN, its team was reporting near the village of Sinjil, north of Ramallah, when the incident took place. “As the CNN team and other journalists tried to leave, a group of four settlers blocked the road with their car and tried to keep the vehicles from moving forward,” the network said in a report on its website. […]...Keep on reading: Israel police arrest 4 settlers over West Bank attack on CNN crew
3 hours agoIsraeli police detain four settlers after attack on CNN crew Israeli police have detained four settlers after they attacked and damaged a vehicle carrying a CNN crew in Sinjil, in the occupied West Bank, The Times of Israel reports. Police said officers responded after settlers blocked the journalists’ car and damaged it. They arrested four people and seized their vehicle, where officers found clubs and a knife, according to the Israeli newspaper. The attack came amid a wave of settler violence across the occupied West Bank on Saturday. Earlier, settlers destroyed a farm in the al-Masoudiya area and wounded four Palestinians in Masafer Yatta.
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