Abraham Stern, alleged leader of the terrorist band that has caused death and destruction in Tel Aviv and Haifa during the past month, was killed yesterday in a gun battle with police who surrounded him in his hide-out on Florentin street, here. A bomb explosion charged to Stern’s gang killed three policemen here on January 20. A reward of L1,000 had been offered for Stern’s capture.
The police today arrested Baruch Moisewitz as one of the suspected terrorists. It was charged that his fingerprints allegedly corresponded to the marks left on incriminating material recently seized by the police here.
A Jewish electrician, Jacob Hershman, disappeared yesterday from Tel Aviv. It is believed that he was kidnapped. Police have started an investigation.
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