Hard evidence of rape and sexual violence in the evacuated hotels/Knesset channel
The Magistrate's Court today (Friday) extended by six days the detention of a 64-year-old man, who is suspected of having committed indecent acts on three children aged four to seven in a hotel with evacuees in the Gush Dan area.
The suspect claimed that it was an "innocent" physical contact, even though there was no prior acquaintance between him and the children.
The Gilolit police of the Yarkon area in the Tel Aviv district have recently been conducting an investigation against a 64-year-old man, who was evacuated from his settlement in the north to a hotel in the center.
It is suspected that the man sexually assaulted three children between the ages of four and seven who were also evacuated to the hotel along with their families because of the war.
The dimensions of the injury have not yet been clarified, when at this stage the suspect is charged with the crime of committing indecent acts.
The police said that the investigation may lead to other directions.
A suspect has been arrested for committing indecent acts on three children in an evacuated hotel/Israel Police spokeswoman
During the investigation of the case, the unit took testimonies from a variety of eyewitnesses at the hotel.
Also, during the interrogation of the suspect, he admitted that there was physical contact with the children, but claimed that it was only "innocent" contact.
This, even though there was no prior acquaintance between him and the children.
The magistrate's court judge decided today to extend the suspect's detention until February 14.
"This is a high-risk suspect," said a police official after the suspect's detention was extended
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