Turks Arrested Amis Jerusalem Unrest Are Freed
- 6 years ago
A police spokesman said, on Saturday, an Israeli court on freed three Turks who had been arrested on suspicion of assaulting police outside a Jerusalem holy site contested by Jews and Muslims. The three were freed without charge.
The men were described by police as tourists. They were taken into custody on Friday, as Israel confronted a weekly surge in protests against U.S. President Donald Trump’s Dec. 6 recognition of Jerusalem as its capital.