When Bnei Brak Mayor Rav Yaakov Asher left his home on Sunday he was met with a most unpleasant surprise. A disgruntled merchant whose illegal vendor�s booth was removed by the city was waiting for the mayor. The owner of the Jabotinsky Street booth waited for R� Asher in an effort to intimidate him.

As the mayor approached his vehicle, the suspect began a barrage of verbal assaults and when the mayor entered his vehicle, the man lied down to prevent the vehicle from leaving.

The mayor filed a police complaint and the suspect police explain will face the full impact of the law, unwilling to tolerate such incidents, targeting a public servant.

(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)