Eight suspects arrested over attacks on US photojournalist and European diplomats in West Bank

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israeli police have claimed that eight suspects have been arrested over attacks on a US photojournalist and European diplomats in the occupied West Bank. The identities of those arrested have not been disclosed.

According to a news agency, on Friday masked Israeli settlers assaulted a US photojournalist who was covering the Palestinians’ olive harvest.

In a separate incident on Saturday, Israeli settlers targeted European diplomats and a French mayor.

According to the Belgian foreign minister, the victims included Belgium’s Consul General to the Palestinians, French and Polish diplomats and Christian religious representatives. A vehicle was also damaged during the attack.