Yeshiva students say they were attacked by Peki'in youths
Students complain they were threatened, harassed by locals during visit to rabbi's tomb near Druze village
Three yeshiva students who study in New Peki'in filed a complaint with the police Saturday afternoon for being allegedly attacked by six local youths from the Druze village of Peki'in.
According to the students, during a visit to a rabbi's tomb in the area, the local youths approached them and demanded they leave the place, saying Jews "had no business being there."
The youths reportedly threatened the students, cursed them and threw stones at them. One of the students was, according to his own testimony, physically assaulted by the Druze residents before he fled the scene with his two friends.
Commander of the Ma'ona police station, Superintendent Victor Buskila told Ynet that the assailants' identity was not known to the police, but that information obtained by the officers is expected to lead to some arrests in the near future.
Tensions in the Druze village have been rising in recent months, following the violent clashes that broke out in the place in October 2007 between villagers and police forces.
Only a week ago unknown perpetrators set on fire the car of a local retired policeman who during the clashes protected a Border Guard policewoman held hostage by the rioters.
