Police have arrested six youths aged 15-17 on suspicion of working together to locate and attack three people on the basis of their sexual preference about the date of the gay pride parade in Jerusalem.

In one of the cases, one of the victims made the acquaintance of someone through an application and arranged to meet with him in southern Jerusalem. When he arrived at the meeting place, a number of youths who, according to the suspicion, attacked him with sticks and stones and caused him injuries which required medical attention. They fled the scene.