The World - News from April 1, 1985
An Israeli settler was shot to death while he waited for a bus in the town of El Bireh in the occupied West Bank of the Jordan River. Zalman Abulnik, 52, was shot in the head at close range, Israel radio said. It said he was armed but had no chance to draw his weapon. A statement by the Damascus-based Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine said its commandos “liquidated a Zionist settler in El Bireh.” The shooting occurred a short distance from the spot where gunmen killed an Israeli soldier Feb. 4.
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