The 13-year prison sentence meted out to two Arab terrorists was upheld by the Appeals Court in Asuncion, Paraguay. In May, 1970 the two Palestinians attacked the Israeli Embassy In Asuncion, killing Edna De Peers; the wife of the First Secretary, and wounding another Embassy employee, Diana Zawblub. The two terrorists, Kalid Abed Rabu Dewrish Kassab and Talal Mota Demasal had come to Paraguay from Gaza after the Six-Day War. The sentence was reported In La Tribuna of Asuncion on Nov. 22.
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