NATION IN BRIEF : ARIZONA : Four Are Cleared in Temple Slaying Case
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Three of four Tucson men who recanted involvement in a bloody massacre at a Buddhist temple outside Phoenix were released from jail after murder and robbery charges were dropped against all four for lack of evidence. The fourth man remained jailed because of an unrelated parole case. The dismissals left two teen-age military buffs as defendants in the case in which six Thai Buddhist monks, two young followers and an elderly woman were slain Aug. 10 in what authorities call a botched robbery.
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