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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Giovanna Dell'orto

Jerusalem court acquits a man indicted in nun attack, orders psychiatric care

Jerusalem Nun Attacked - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court judge acquitted a man accused of attacking a Catholic nun based on his insanity defense, but ordered him committed to psychiatric hospitalization for up to six years.

The violent assault in April on a nun walking in her habit in Jerusalem’s Old City sent shock waves across Israel and its many Christian communities.

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