An alleged madman, known to be a member of the anti-Semitic Nationalist party, today killed a Jewish trader and seriously wounded another Jew in the village of Przytyk, scene of violent excesses last March. The killer, Stefan Szymezyk, is under arrest.
The trader, Sinai Den, 30, died of head wounds in a hospital at nearby Radom. The wounded man is Jacob Eisenberg, 65.
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