The Court of Criminal Appeal has affirmed the death sentences imposed on Abu Jilda and El Armeet, notorious Palestinian brigands, who were convicted of the murder of a Palestinian constable last year.
The two men had led a gang of bandits which had terrorized the countryside until caught in a police trap near Nablus.
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