A teenaged Israeli girl assassin, dubbed “Nikita,” was indicted for attempted murder. Nicknamed after “La Femme Nikita,” a French film about a girl killer, the 17-year-old was indicted for conspiracy to commit a crime and illegally carrying a weapon in connection with an attempted murder allegedly ordered by an Israeli underworld figure, the Israel daily Ha’aretz reported.
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