The arrest of the driver, Ibrahim Hamid, who is suspected of killing lightly, was extended by 3 days • Ben Abu's father was killed in a car bomb attack in 2014 • Hamid: "I was scared of the ultra-Orthodox crowd
The Jerusalem Magistrate's Court extended for three days the detention of Ibrahim Hamid, a resident of East Jerusalem suspected of trampling to death yesterday (Sunday) of Itamar Ben Abu on Third Wall Street in the city.
Hamid, who was injured in the incident, claimed during his interrogation that he was frightened when dozens of ultra-Orthodox people gathered around the vehicle in which he was traveling and threw stones at him, and therefore accelerated his vehicle.
He is suspected of the offense of manslaughter.
In 2014, Ben Abu's father was killed in a car bomb attack at the Shimon Hatzadik light rail station in Jerusalem when a terrorist collided with a station laden with passengers.
Initially, Hamid escaped in the shuttle vehicle with which he hit Ben Abu, but was later located by the police - and taken for questioning.
Hard to watch: A man was run over during a riot in Jerusalem
The medical teams of the Rescue Union provided first aid to the wounded, about 45 years old, on Shivtei Israel Street, corner of the third wall in Jerusalem.
Nahum Bernstein, a medic in the Rescue Union, said: "This is a pedestrian who was hit by a shuttle vehicle. We provided him with initial assistance and at this stage his condition is defined as serious."
According to police reports, the driver of the shuttle vehicle, a member of a minority group, tried to escape the riot, after the crowd threw stones at his vehicle, and fled the scene on foot.
He was arrested by police and brought in for questioning.
The police do not believe that this is a nationalist incident.
Nehemiah Tartenberg, another paramedic from the Rescue Union, said: "After the initial assistance we provided him at the scene, he was evacuated to the hospital in an intensive care unit."
