Heron bin Salem, a 22-year-old member of Yemen's tiny Jewish community, was approached by a police officer and four "security members" in Sana'a on Sunday. 

According to the Yemen Observer, the officer informed him: "I do not like your look", referring to the ringlets worn by Yemeni Jews, and then told him: "We do not want Jews here".

The men held him down and attempted to cut his hair, before others intervened.

The Yemen Observer says the officer involved was identified as Rashad al-Masri, deputy director of al-Nasr police station, and the interior minister has now taken "the required measures".

Posted by Brian Whitaker, 28 April 2010.