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Murdered Israeli Agent Conducted Probe of Jewish Arab Spy Ring

March 6, 1973
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Baruch Cohen, the Israeli undercover agent murdered on a Madrid street in Jan. was the man who conducted the investigation that led to the exposure of a Syrian-directed Jewish-Arab spy ring in Israel, it was disclosed today. Cohen interrogated Daoud Osman Turki, the alleged spy ring leader. Turki’s statements and confession, made to Cohen, were read in court today where Turki and five other alleged members of the ring are on trial.

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