A Palestinian rorist sentenced to life imprisonment for attacking the Jewish community center here last August, has reaffirmed his original confession to the murdel of Vienna city councilman Heinz Nittel last May after reconting it before his trial. Nittel headed the Austria-Israel Friendship Society.
The prisoner, Husham Muhammed Radjih, implicated another terrorist suspect, Bahij Younis, who he said masterminded the attack on the community center and supplied him and his collaborator, Hassan Marvan, with guns. The weapon which killed Nittel was found in Younis’ apartment in Salzburg. Younis is due to go on trial shortly.
Radjih’s renewed confession was filmed and toped to prevent him from changing his story later. The District Attorney may draw up a new indictment against him for the Nittel murder.
The terrorists claim to be members in Al Asifa, a radical Palestinian group which the Palestine Liberation Organization disowns and accuses of having killed PLO representatives in Western Europe. Israel insists that Al Asifa is part of the PLO. The Austrion government indicated in a recently released Foreign Ministry report that the attacks in Vienna were committed by Al Asifa to discredit the PLO.
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