An Arab terrorist today warned a London magistrate to release him, “otherwise something bad will happen to you.” The Arab, 22,-year-old Fahd al-Mihyi, was remanded to a week’s jail after being accused of murdering El Al flight attendant Irit Gidron in Sunday’s terror attack. Replying to Mihyi’s threat, the magistrate said: “Is that an application for bail or a threat?” When Mihyi replied it was a threat, the magistrate ordered him returned to prison.
In a bid for further information about Mihyi and his dead accomplice, police today authorized the publication of their photographs, which were splashed across the London evening newspapers. In previous cases, police have prevented publication of the portraits of suspected terrorists.
Although Britain has rejected charges of lax security, there has, in fact, been a sharp increase in the number of armed police posted outside the Israeli Embassy, El Al offices and other buildings. However, the government has turned down an Israeli request–repeated in a BBC interview by Premier Menachem Begin–for the admission of Israeli armed guards on British soil. Avraham Kidron, the Israeli Ambassador, who returns to London today from home leave, is expected to seek further early talks on security with the British authorities.
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