The Norwegian government today declared Yigal Eyal persona non grata. Foreign Minister Dagfinn Vaarvik called in Israel’s Ambassador, Yitzhak Keenan, to inform him of the decision which followed a meeting of the Parliament’s Foreign Relations Committee. The Israeli Embassy here refused to comment immediately and reportedly has withheld a reply to the Norwegian Foreign Ministry. There was no indication as to when Eyal has to leave the country. Eyal is the Israeli Embassy official in whose home police arrested two Israelis suspected of having shot to death the 30-year-old Moroccan citizen, Ahmed Boushicki, in the resort town of Lillehammer.
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