US EditionIsraeli Police Arrest a Man Suspected of Attacking a Nun Near Jerusalem’s Old City
Police say the 36-year-old suspect remains in custody as authorities investigate a possible racially motivated attack on a researcher who suffered bruises.
- Israeli police arrested a 36-year-old man on Wednesday for assaulting a French nun near King David's Tomb in Jerusalem on Tuesday, with authorities investigating potential racist motives.
- The victim, a researcher at the French School of Biblical and Archaeological Research, was walking in the Bab al Nabi Dawud area when she was thrown onto a rock and kicked repeatedly, according to Father Olivier Poquillon.
- Father Poquillon denounced the "sectarian violence," while the Faculty of Humanities at Jerusalem's Hebrew University condemned the attack as part of a "troubling pattern of rising hostility toward the Christian community."
- Recent tensions escalated when police blocked Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa from the Church of the Holy Sepulcher on Palm Sunday, and Israeli soldiers destroyed a Jesus statue in southern Lebanon earlier this month.
- Data from the Rossing Center for Education and Dialogue and the Religious Freedom Data Center recorded 155 to 181 incidents of assault and vandalism targeting Christians in Jerusalem during 2025, underscoring escalating hostility.
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The Israeli police have arrested a man for assaulting a nun this Tuesday in the area of David's Tomb in Jerusalem in broad daylight. According to this body in a statement, the man was arrested after collecting evidence on the spot and using "advanced technology," which he does not detail, and is charged with a crime of "racist aggression." In a video released on Thursday, the man can be seen running to the nun, who pushes from behind and throws …
Israeli Police Arrest Man in Attack on Nun Near Biblical Site in Jerusalem
Israeli police said on April 29 they have arrested a man on suspicion of a racially motivated assault after video footage showed an attack on a nun in Jerusalem. Police said in a statement they had received a report of an attack on the Christian woman on April 28 in the area of David’s Tomb, a holy site outside of Zion’s Gate on the southern side of the Old City, which is in Israel-controlled east Jerusalem. “Upon receiving the report, David are…
Nun attacked in the old city of Jerusalem
Video released by Israeli police shows a French nun being shoved and kicked in Jerusalem. Authorities say a 36-year-old man has been arrested in connection with what they described as a “racially motivated assault.” CNN’s Clarissa Ward reports.
A 36-year-old man violently struck a 48-year-old French nun near the Upper Room. The aggressor was arrested: behind the gesture there might be racist motivations.
Israeli police arrest man suspected of attacking nun near Jerusalem’s Old City
Israeli police said Friday that they arrested a 36-year-old caught on video attacking a nun in the latest incident targeting Christians near Jerusalem's Old City. Police said the unnamed man was arrested after the attack Wednesday near David’s Tomb — a holy site outside Zion’s Gate on the southern side of the Old City — "on suspicion of a racially motivated attack," and remained in custody. Police video showed the nun bruised and the attacker we…
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