The police say this morning that after the violent attack on MK Yoav Ben-Zur of Shas by extremists in Jerusalem, he is not cooperating with the investigation.
According to a report on Channel 7, police sources claim that Ben Tzur is not interested in helping identify the attackers - who belong to the Sephardic 'Jerusalem faction'.
However, it was clarified that the police are continuing to work to locate and arrest those involved in the violence, while examining security camera footage and eyewitness testimonies.
The morning after: MK Yoav Ben-Tzur's car was vandalized last night in the Knesset parking lot pic.twitter.com/SMY3Y4QPdQ
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As reported in Haredim 10, Haredi extremists who oppose the draft law being formulated attacked MK Adoniyahu HaCohen Street in Jerusalem last night. Yoav Ben Tzur From Shas, when he left the weekly class of the Rashaltz HaRi Yosef in the Bukharim neighborhood.
The MK's office said that he had been "attempted to be lynched, this is not a fringe group." His car windows were smashed and garbage bags were thrown at him.
Police forces arrived at the scene, rescued the MK and repelled the rioters.
The attack drew condemnation from across the political system, from both the right and the left.
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