Swastika on Torah book
Photo: Israel Police
Tomer Ben-Simon (R)
Photo: Israel Police
The Haifa District Attorney's Office on Thursday indicted 19-year-old Tomer Ben-Simon setting fire to a synagogue's sukkah over the holiday and scribbled swastikas, the number "666", which is identified with satanic worship, and "religious Jews are neo-Nazis" on torah books.
He also wrote the phrases "Heil Hitler," "Heinrich Himmler" and slogans in German on the books. Ben-Simon was also accused of etching swastikas on the hood of cars that were parked in his neighborhood.
In two other incidents the teen allegedly assaulted a 40-year-old woman and a 77-year-old woman. The attacks were apparently motivated by racism.
Haifa Police investigators found songs with Nazi themes saved on Ben-Simon's computer. The teen was sent for psychiatric evaluation and was found fit to stand trial.
The District Attorney's Office has requested that Ben-Simon be held in custody until the end of the legal proceedings against him.