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Young Orthodox Student Goes on Trial in Palestine for Possessing Illegal Arms

May 5, 1944
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Shimon Amrani, 18, a student at the Mizrachi Teachers seminary, went on trial here today before a military court on charges of possessing illegal arms, including a bomb, an automatic pistol and fourteen rounds of ammunition. Amrani was arrested immediately after the explosion in the Jerusalem police headquarters which demolished the building and caused extensive damage in the surrounding neighborhood.

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