The trial of two Palestinian terrorists charged with killing a 15-year-old Jewish boy and wounding 12 other youngsters and adults in front of a Jewish youth center in Antwerp July 29, 1980, opened today in that city’s Criminal Court. One of the terrorists, Said Al-Nasser,26, is charged with murder after he admitted to police that he threw two hand grenades at the crowd of Jewish youngsters who were waiting to take a bus to a summer camp. The other terrorist, Mohammed Hassan, 27, is charged with complicity. The two terrorists face life sentences if convicted, which in Belgium means they may be released after 20 years.
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