Several Jerusalemite young men suffered different injuries and three children were detained during renewed Israeli police violence on Saturday evening and night in Bab al-Amud area in the Old City.
According to local sources mounted police officers and many others on foot savagely attacked Jerusalemite young men and rounded up a number of them while beating them during the events in Bab al-Amud and its vicinity.
Three children were reportedly assaulted and arrested and many others were injured in the area which has been seeing daily police violence for over a week.
The detained kids were identified as Waseem Barani Mustafa Salim and Musaab al-Obeid.
In the northeast of Jerusalem violent clashes broke out with Israeli police forces at the military checkpoint of Shuafat refugee camp.
Local sources said that local youths threw stones and homemade fire bombs at the checkpoint adding that a watchtower in the area caught fire during the events.
Video footage also showed policemen detaining a young man after assaulting him last night at the checkpoint.
