Soldier who threatened gays has remand extended by 3 days

The Jerusalem Magistrate's Court on Sunday extended by three days the remand of Shmuel Freimark, a 20-year-old soldier in the haredi battalion of the Nahal Brigade, who allegedly threatened on the Internet that there would be another attack on the homosexual community which would be more serious than last week's.

Freimark, his arms and legs chained, arrived at the court at 2 p.m. in an unmarked police car and was quickly ushered into a small courtroom.

Photographers and journalists descended on the suspect, who refused to answer their questions or make a statement. Later, he was taken to another courtroom for the remand hearing, Jerusalem Post reports.

In one message, Freimark allegedly wrote, “You will see another attack on the homos, this time a bigger one.”

In a second one, he allegedly wrote, “A second attack on the community coming soon. Be prepared. Don’t say you didn’t know.”