“Five minutes we felt just fear for our lives”: Policewoman Maj. Gen. Maya Segev was inside the police car that was attacked last night by ultra-Orthodox people when they arrived to enforce the corona instructions in Bnei Brak and today (Friday) she recreates the traumatic event, during which the rioters threw stones at the vehicle, smashed windows and poked tires. The mobile doors, while the policemen sitting in the vehicle had to call for help and rescue.
The policewoman who was attacked in Bnei Brak recalls: “We were afraid for our lives” (Photo: Police spokeswoman)
“Yesterday at 20:30, during a routine activity I was in with two other policemen in the business licensing department for enforcing halls that hold events in violation of regulations, the two policemen got out of the vehicle and entered a celebration hall,” said Sergeant Segev. Who noticed them, began to call out to them and throw objects at them. “The police cut off contact and went back, and at that moment the crowd came out and started running after them.”
“They came running towards the vehicle, with an enthusiastic crowd of dozens to hundreds of people running after them,” she went on to describe the tragic event. “They were trying to get in the car while I was sitting in the back waiting for them, “And they started attacking the policemen with their fists, planks and everything else nearby, while preventing them from getting into the vehicle.”
Extremist ultra-Orthodox in Bnei Brak threw stones at a police car (Photo: People of Silence on Facebook)
“At this point they started attacking the mobile, The windows were smashed from all directions with stones, thrown at me as I sat in the back, planks, stones and glass shattered on me from all sides“, The policewoman said, adding that” during the riot they throw everything at us nearby They also insulted us by shouting ‘Nazis’ Moreover, they were very excited during the attack against us. We simply called for help, for rescue in any way possible, and within a few minutes, forces arrived at the scene and rescued us from there. “
Segev explained that “we tried to escape from the place, get in the car and start driving, but they started to uproot the doors, uprooted the door so we could not drive, punctured the wheels and it was not possible to drive away. They blocked us with vehicles until a police force arrived to rescue us. “. She added: “Those were five minutes we just felt fear for our lives. We saw the cruelty in their eyes. We would not have come out alive if they had not rescued us. “
Extremist ultra-Orthodox confront police and call them “Nazis” (Photo: Alon Hachmon)
“They did not get sick of anything. You can see the planks and stones found inside the car. We feared for our lives for three to four minutes until the rescue arrived. It was a simple scary incident. We were evacuated to hospital because we had limb injuries, and were released for rest and further treatment.” Segev concluded and emphasized: “The worst thing is that we came to enforce the city in the center of the country and keep the residents and regulations and we are attacked on a central street, not a neighborhood or an extreme place, a central place in the city.”
Crowds violated public order in Bnei Brak and threw stones at a police car (Photo: Police Spokeswoman)