(Hai Fe) On Friday, September 23.9.2022, XNUMX, the police arrested a Hapoel Haifa fan and a Maccabi Haifa fan on suspicion of causing damage to property in two different incidents due to the rivalry between the teams' fans.
On September 20.9.22, XNUMX, a video was published on social media in which unknown persons burned flags and much equipment belonging to Maccabi Haifa fans that had been stolen a few days earlier from the fans' warehouse.
In the meantime, the investigators of the Haifa Police Station began intensive investigative operations and yesterday (Friday) the patrol officers arrested the suspect of committing the act, a 33-year-old resident of Haifa. The police asked to extend his detention at the Haifa Magistrate's Court, and his detention was extended until Sunday (September 25.9.2022, XNUMX). .
In another event, on September 18.9.2022, 30, masked men arrived at a business owned by the family of a Hapoel Haifa fan. The suspects vandalized a lot of equipment, attacked the owner of the place and broke his cell phone when he tried to take pictures of them. At the end of investigative operations, the police arrested tonight a suspect in the act, a XNUMX-year-old resident of Haifa, and will ask today to extend his detention at the Haifa Magistrate's Court, further arrests are expected.
The Israel Police takes crimes of this type very seriously and will continue to act with all the tools at its disposal to bring to justice those who commit crimes related to sports, and this while harming public security.
Kudos to the Israel Police. Now the suspect needs to be transferred to the Kishon Detention Center for the entire Rosh Hashanah holiday. There will be a lot of time there to think if there are the means at all for such an activity.
Happy New Year and Happy holidays to everyone.