A military tribunal will try three Arab terrorists captured last month after they crossed the Lebanese border and were on their way to Safad to attack civilian targets. The three will be charged with attempted murder.
A Safad magistrate issued an additional 15-day detention order for them yesterday. Under interrogation the terrorists admitted that they planned to attack the Safad bus terminal, a nearby restaurant and a gasoline station. They also admitted that they crossed the Lebanese border with the knowledge and good wishes of Lebanese soldiers. They said their mission was intended as a reprisal for Israel’s shooting down of a Libyan airliner over Sinai last Feb. 21.
Two of the prisoners are from Kalkilya and Tubas in the administered territories. The third, who acted as their guide, is an Israeli Arab from Dier el Hanna, a village in Galilee.
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