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4 Hamas members convicted of murder and conspiracy

by JERUSALEM (JPS) -- The Jerusalem District Court yesterday convicted and sentenced the four members of a Hamas terrorist cell res, David Ktorza, who immigrated to Israel from France in 1995, was stabbed to death early in the morning of February 11, 1998, on h

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The state prosecutor and the lawyers for the defendants had agreed to a plea arrangement, which included a revised indictment and agreement on the sentence both sides would request of the court. The judges accepted the arrangement.

However, they said that Abasi deserved a stiffer sentence. "The accused was the living spirit behind this organization which led to murder," they wrote.

Abasi was accused of activity in a terrorist gang, illegal possession of arms, attempting to solicit a kidnapping for murder or extortion, conspiracy to commit a crime, being accessory to murder and attempting to solicit a murder.


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