The Palestinian gunman who carried out Sunday’s deadly attack on an Israeli kibbutz is believed to be named Sirhan Sirhan, according to Israeli officials. The officials initially said they believed he was a relative of the assassin by the same name who killed Sen. Robert Kennedy in 1968, but they later withdrew the claim.
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