Priest attacked by Yeshiva students

Another Christian clergyman has been attacked by intolerant Jews:

An Armenian Priest was assaulted by four yeshiva students in the Old City of Jerusalem Thursday afternoon, in the second such attack in the last three months, police said.

The altercation began when the priest, Father Avedis, was spat on by one of the yeshiva students in front of the Armenian Monastery where he lives in the Armenian Quarter of the Old City, the priest said.

The Jewish assailant refused to go to police with the priest, and the two got into a scuffle.

Meanwhile, a couple more yeshiva students came by, and got into a heated argument with the priest over who attacked whom, the priest recounted.

A foreign ministry official, accompanied by an Israeli security guard, who was passing by came to the aid of the priest, and summoned police.

The four haredi suspects subsequently scuffled with the Israeli security guard who tried to detain them before police arrived, police said.

The four were subsequently placed under arrest, and will be remanded in a Jerusalem court on Friday morning.