Dozens of Haredi men blocked traffic at a security checkpoint between the West Bank and south Jerusalem on Sunday following the arrest of a suspected participant in the Wednesday night attack on the home of Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg.

The 26-year-old Beit Shemesh resident, one of 65 suspected rioters detained thus far, was nabbed while driving in the West Bank near the large Haredi settlement of Beitar Illit.

The suspect tried to lock himself in his car after police stopped him on the road, but officers broke into the vehicle and apprehended him, police said, adding that he would be brought to court for an extension of his remand.

Soon after the arrest, dozens of Haredim burst onto the road and brought traffic to a standstill at the Tunnels Checkpoint, not far from where police had detained the suspect.

Police said the protesters blocked vehicles, hauled boulders onto the road and lit fires.

Officers managed to disperse the protest after roughly an hour, according to police. No arrests were reported.

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