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Jewish Policeman Murdered in Jerusalem by Unknown Assailants

A Jewish plainclothesman, Hayim Butovicz, was shot and killed on the threshold of his home today by two unknown assailants. The murdered policeman left a wife and two children. Why he was singled out for assassination by the terrorists is not known.

May 12, 1944
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A Jewish plainclothesman, Hayim Butovicz, was shot and killed on the threshold of his home today by two unknown assailants. The murdered policeman left a wife and two children. Why he was singled out for assassination by the terrorists is not known.

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