Police dismiss claim by family of woman attacked in Jaffa their car was vandalized |
Police said Friday they suspect a car belonging to the family of a pregnant Arab woman attacked in Jaffa last week in an alleged hate crime was broken into by ordinary criminals, and not targeted by vandals as claimed by the family.
The family of Hanan Abu Shehadeh had claimed that the vehicle was vandalized overnight and accused the perpetrator of “trying to scare and silence us.”
“Following inquiries from reporters, and in total contradiction to reports that have misled the public,” the police said, “this car was not vandalized, and no connection was found to the attack several days ago.”
“There was a suspected break-in to the car, and theft of equipment, causing damage,” the police said. “As previously stated,........