Police arrested a foreign caretaker on suspicion of abusing and assaulting a 15-year-old girl with special needs in Petah Tikva.

The girl's mother complained to the police that the suspect had abused her daughter aggressively, beating and force-feeding her, shouting at her and cursing at her. The suspect, a 41-year-old foreign national from Ukraine, was released on restrictive conditions including house arrest.