Five youths charged by police with being “terrorists,” accused of tossing Molotov cocktails at a suburban synagogue and shooting two young Jewish girls, a month ago, were arrested here today, the police department announced. All five, according to the police, are members of the “National Restoration Front,” an extremist, right-wing organization.
Two of the youths, each 19, were named as Jose Antonio Yelpe and Roberto Cortina. The names of the three others were withheld because of their younger ages.
Police said the five had confessed to throwing the Molotov cocktails at the suburban synagogue in Florida, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, while religious services were being conducted in the house of worship. The anti-Semites then fired at and wounded Alicia Elbert, 12, and Lucia Levy, 13, who were playing in the street in front of the synagogue while their parents were attending worship inside.
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