Palestinian Group Claims It Killed Belgian Jewish Chief
A previously unknown Palestinian group claimed responsibility Friday for killing the secular leader of Belgium’s Jews this week and threatened more attacks.
“We, Young Palestine Proud and Free, claim responsibility for the assassination of the Jewish Doctor Joseph Wybran,” the group said in a typewritten letter received by a Brussels newspaper.
“Jews of Belgium and Europe tremble, for we shall not stop at this attack,” the letter said. The group claimed to be young revolutionaries trained and supported by the Palestine Liberation Organization.
Wybran was shot in the head outside the Brussels hospital in which he worked Tuesday night. He died early Wednesday.
Police said they were investigating the letter but declined to comment on its authenticity. A Muslim group in Lebanon, The Soldiers of Truth, claimed responsibility Thursday for the killing.
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