Lebanese terrorist Bashir Khodr, sentenced Sunday to 13 years’ imprisonment for smuggling explosives into Italy, had five Jewish targets on his “hit list,” two of them schools, according to papers found in a room he rented here before his arrest at Milan airport January 12.
The targets were the ORT Scientific School and Middle School; the editorial offices of Shalom, monthly organ of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities; the home of its editor; and the Jewish museum located in Rome’s main synagogue.
Khodr was convicted after a one-day trial for attempting to smuggle 12 kilos of explosives concealed in picture frames, Easter eggs and a portable radio. The citation read at his sentencing stated that he intended to use the explosives for attacks on Jews. He also was fined two million lire.
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