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Seven were transferred to house arrest, but all those arrested during the riots were released from detention despite the police's request to keep several in custody. 'Soldiers can't feel safe in Bnei Brak, they're unwanted here,' one relative said

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All the Haredi rioters arrested during Sunday's riots sparked by a visit by female soldiers in the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak were released from custody on Monday. Seven of them – three adults and four teenagers – were transferred to house arrest.