Veteran crime boss arrested in Jerusalem on suspicion of assault

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According to Ynet, Jerusalem district Major Crimes Unit detectives arrested the head of a crime organization, aged 73, in a vehicle in Tel Aviv on suspicion of involvement in assaulting another person. According to Ynet, the senior criminal had spent many years in prison in the past.

According to Arutz Sheva, the central unit in the Jerusalem district arrested the suspect, in his 70s, on suspicion of involvement in a violent assault incident in the context of an ongoing dispute between criminals. The suspect will be brought later today to the Magistrate's Court with a request to extend his detention.

According to Israel Hayom, the suspect was questioned at the Major Crimes Unit. According to Ynet and his associates, he was arrested violently and his face was injured; this version has not been verified by other media outlets.