Haifa: 4 suspects arrested for 'assault of soldiers'
By YAAKOV LAPPIN
25/02/2012
Suspects approached 2 soldiers near Rambam hospital, asked if they were Jews, and attacked them with clubs and rocks.

Police arrested four Israel-Arab suspects Saturday for assaulting two off-duty soldiers in Haifa on Friday night.

The two arrived at the Rambam Medical Center late on Friday night, after one of them felt ill.

"They parked their vehicle at the entrance to the hospital. Another vehicle stopped in front of them. One of the occupants was drunk," an uncle of one of the soldiers was quoted as saying in a Channel 2 report. "The men in the vehicle asked the two men if they were Jews. They started assaulting them with clubs, rocks, and planks of wood they found in the area," the uncle added.

"My nephew was hit on the head, before being forced to lie on the floor. One of the attackers etched something on his head with a sharp object," the uncle said.

The attack was only stopped when hospital security guards arrived on the scene, and chased the attackers.

Four suspects were arrested on Saturday in connection with the incident.

Police Insp.-Gen. Yochanan Danino was briefed on the incident, and will closely monitor the investigation, police said. He ordered local police chiefs to ensure that all of the suspects are arrested and prosecuted.

"He sees it as a very serious incident," police added.

"The attackers and the soldiers had no prior meeting, and there was no provocation," the uncle told Channel 2.

Both men are hospitalized at the Rambam Medical Center. One suffered spinal chord injuries, while the second sustained head injuries in the attack.

The Rambam Medical Center said its guards wrote down the license plate of the car used by the attackers and passed the details on to police.

But yet the State of Israel refuses to allow more Jews own guns for protection.

Shame on Israel.