Shin Bet Guard Restrains Tourist at Yad Vashem During Colombian FM Visit
A Shin Bet security guard clashed with a tourist and pinned him to the floor at Yad Vashem during the official visit of Colombia's foreign minister to Jerusalem.
A security guard from the Shin Bet's Unit 730 clashed with a tourist and pinned him to the floor during the official visit of Colombian Foreign Minister Omar Bola Escobar to the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem.
According to the details of the incident, security guards were clearing a secure route for the Colombian diplomatic delegation and asked visitors to step aside. A tourist who was asked to move became involved in a verbal and physical altercation with one of the guards, leading to the guard pushing the tourist and pinning him to the ground.
Police officers were summoned to the scene following the altercation and detained the tourist for questioning. During his interrogation, the tourist stated that he did not understand what was happening around him.
Foreign Minister Escobar was visiting Yad Vashem to participate in a wreath-laying ceremony as part of his diplomatic visit to Israel. The visit includes the reopening of the Colombian embassy in Jerusalem following the restoration of bilateral ties.
