A military court here today sentenced 17-year-old Zvi Pik to eighteen months imprisonment “with special treatment” for illegal possession of a revolver.
Young Pik is the second Jewish youth to be jailed within the past few days for possessing arms. A 22-year-old member of the “Stern Gang” was sentenced to 12 years on Monday.
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