JERUSALEM, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Israeli police investigators interrogated on Monday Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over corruption suspicions, Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit confirmed in a statement.
The interrogation ended at around 23:00 local time (2100 GMT), after at least three hours, a police spokesperson said.
It was the first time the General Attorney and the police officially acknowledged the investigation, which has been conducted for months with dozens of unconfirmed reports in the local media.
Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit said in a special statement that Netanyahu was interrogated over suspicions that he received "benefits" from businessmen.
He confirmed that the investigation was conducted under caution, meaning Netanyahu was investigated as a suspect.
The investigation involves "a slew of allegations that the prime minister allegedly committed offenses in the field of integrity," Mendelblit said, without elaborating.
The initial investigation led to several other affairs, Mendelblit said. The probe has been conducted for several months but in December the investigators found evidence that "changed the evidential situation of the case," leading to Monday's questioning under caution of Netanyahu.
Earlier on Monday, black screens were placed outside the prime minister's official residence in Jerusalem to block the view of journalists seeking to photograph the police investigators.
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