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Swastika on Torah book
Photo: Israel Police
Tomer Ben-Simon (R)
Photo: Israel Police

Teen indicted for drawing swastikas on Torah books, setting sukkah ablaze

Haifa Police investigators find songs with Nazi themes saved on suspect's computer

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. 

 


פרסום ראשון: 10.18.07, 18:41
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