Dozens of right-wing demonstrators clashed with police and blocked the light rail in Jerusalem on Wednesday evening in protest of the death of Ahuvia Sandak, a 19-year-old hilltop youth member, who was killed when the vehicle he was in flipped over while fleeing from police.
At least 14 protesters were arrested during the protest after they threw eggs at and clashed with police and blocked the light rail. Police dispersed the protesters with water cannons.
After marching through Jaffa Street, the protesters moved to the Jaffa-King George intersection, accompanied by police forces. While accompanying the protesters, two suspects were spotted by police with the alleged intention of throwing stones at the demonstrators. The two were taken in for questioning by the police.
Sandak was killed Monday morning after his vehicle flipped over while he was fleeing from police near Kokhav HaShahar in the West Bank, Israel Police reported.
Police arrived at the scene after receiving reports that passengers in an Israeli vehicle were throwing rocks at a Palestinian vehicle.
The police ordered the Israeli vehicle to pull over and the driver attempted to escape from the scene.
The vehicle flipped over near the Rimonim Junction leading to the death of one of the passengers and the injury of four other passengers, who claimed that the cause of the accident was police slamming into them with the police car, KAN News reported.