Israel Police officers have arrested two 17-year-old minors from Jerusalem and Kochav Ya’akov on charges of assaulting and robbing female sex workers, police announced on Wednesday.
On 22 June, the two suspects had arranged a meeting with a prostitute at an apartment in Tel Aviv. When they arrived, they beat him and held him at knife point before stealing NIS 2,000 from him and deleting WhatsApp messages on his phone where the meeting had been arranged.
The next day, they went to another female sex worker and held her at knife point. They began beating him before tying him with duct tape. The two suspects then stole an NIS 800 and two of her phones before taking her house keys and locking her inside still bound with tape.
Both suspects were arrested and brought before a judge at the Bat Yam Juvenile Court, where their detention in police custody was extended. The prosecution intends to file charges against him.