Jerusalem: Haredi riots resume; 2 arrested
Ultra-Orthodox protests against Shabbat desecration continue in capital as rioters attempt to block entrance to Karta parking lot, hurl stones at cars moving on Bar Ilan Street. Woman, police officer hurt
Several hundred ultra-Orthodox gathered near the Karta parking lot in Jerusalem Saturday noon and attempted to block the entrance to the place in protest of what they claim is a desecration of the Shabbat.
Police forces stopped the protestors from preventing entry to the parking lot and traffic in the area continued uninterrupted.
Two haredim were arrested and one police officer was lightly wounded in his hand during the clashes. The officer was evacuated to Shaare Zedek Medical Center.
At approximately the same time, some 200 haredim arrived at a nearby intersection and tried marching towards the disputed parking lot, but were also blocked by security forces.
Meanwhile, haredim also hurled stones at vehicles moving on Bar Ilan Street in the capital. A woman riding a taxicab was lightly injured by glass shards and evacuated to the Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center for treatment.
On Friday, a 20-year-old ultra-Orthodox man demonstrating against the opening of the Karta parking lot was moderately injured after a car he was lying under dragged him several meters.
