A Norwegian state attorney is recommending that the state drop its case against an Israeli suspected of killing a Moroccan waiter in 1973 in an apparent case of mistaken identity. The move by the attorney comes after his office conducted an informal investigation of the suspect, retired Mossad agent Michael Harari. In 1996, Israel agreed to pay compensation for the killing of the Moroccan, who was mistaken for the Palestinian mastermind behind the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. Despite that agreement, Israel has never accepted responsibility for the assassination.
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