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3 Arabs Held in Envoy’s Shooting

June 11, 1982
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Three Arabs charged with the attempted murder of Israeli Ambassador Shlomo Argov were ordered held without bail by a London magistrate’s court today until next Thursday.

The three are Ghassan Hassan Ahmad Said, 23, and Marwan Al-Banna, 21, both Jordanian-born students, and an Iraqi businessman, Nawat Nagib Miflihel Rosan, 36. Said is also charged with attempting to kill a British policeman.

Argov, 52, who was shot in the head when leaving a London hotel after a dinner for diplomats June 3, is reported to be in stable condition at the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, but is still unconscious.

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