Police arrest Jewish suspect in church vandalism

Police arrest 16-year-old Jewish suspect two days after vandalism incident at the Dormition Abbey, located just outside Jerusalem's Old City • Graffiti included threats of violence, messages degrading Jesus and a call for Christians to "go to hell."

צילום: AFP // A vandalized wall of the Dormition Abbey in Jerusalem, Sunday

The Israeli police say they have arrested a Jewish teen suspected of scrawling anti-Christian graffiti this week at a famous Jerusalem church.

Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said on Wednesday the 16-year-old was arrested just two days after the vandalism was discovered on Sunday at Dormition Abbey, where Christian tradition says the Virgin Mary died.

The graffiti included threats of violence, messages degrading Jesus and a call for Christians to "go to hell."

Dormition Abbey, a Benedictine monastery just outside Jerusalem's Old City, has been the target of multiple attacks in recent years.

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan said he had instructed police to give the vandalism case top priority.

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