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Sentence 4 Bandits for Attack on Jews

August 21, 1929
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Prison terms talling 161 years were imposed by the Lusk court upon four bandits for robbing and beating Jews.

It was proven that the bandits committed eight robberies on Jews returning from market, after murderously beating them. The leader of the band, Canapala, was sentenced to 79 years imprisonment, his brother to 60 years and the two others to 11 years each.

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