Security forces have apprehended three EI Fatah terrorists believed to be responsible for the fatal stabbing of on Israeli bus driver on the West Bank last January 29. The victim, Mordechai Yekuel, 27, was assaulted near Nebi Salah while on his way to pick up Arab labor ors for work in Israel. A security spokesman said the same terrorists are suspected of several other acts, including placing a bomb at the Ramallah police station in May, 1977. They led police to a large cache of explosives.
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