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3 Terrorists Who Broke out of Prison Captured

September 28, 1987
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Security forces captured three terrorists who had escaped from Napha prison last week, a maximum security facility in the Negev. Two were serving life terms and the third a 47-year sentence.

According to the authorities, the three were trying to cross the border into Egypt concealed in a truckload of hay.

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