Boy Suspected of Child Sexual Offenses Israel today

The police in Jerusalem arrested the suspect from Beit Shemesh and asked for an extension of his detention during a hearing in the Magistrate's Court • According to the suspicion, some of the offenses were committed inside one of the synagogues in the city

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  The boy is suspected of sexual offenses

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Disturbing:

A 16-year-old boy is suspected of committing sexual offenses on minors aged 4 to 7 in the last two years. 

The police in Jerusalem located the suspect and he was brought to the Magistrate's Court this morning for a request to extend his detention.

The first undercover investigation was in the information received, according to which the suspect from Beit Shemesh committed sexual offenses in the area and inside one of the synagogues in the city. 

During the covert investigation, evidence and findings were collected, as well as testimonies from minors describing a series of offenses of the suspect.

The suspicion also arose that the boy persuaded the minors to commit similar offenses against each other.

Last night, as the investigation progressed to the overt stage, police investigators arrested the suspect and he was brought in for questioning on suspicion of committing sexual offenses on minors.