One officer and two sergeants of the Israel border police were reduced in rank by a police disciplinary court today in the killing of two Jordanian infiltrators. The officer was reduced from inspector to sergeant and the two sergeants to privates.
The three police commanded a unit which opened fire on a group of Jordanians who had crossed into Israel territory. An investigation and the disciplinary court hearing failed to substantiate the claim of the officers that they ordered the unit to shoot only after the Arabs opened fire first.
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