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Palestinian assassin of RFK stabbed in prison

Sirhan Sirhan, the Palestinian terrorist who shot US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy to death in 1968, is in stable condition after being tabbed in a San Diego prison.

By  News Agencies , Israel Hayom Staff

 

Sirhan Sirhan, the Palestinian found guilty of shooting US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy to death in 1968, was wounded in a stabbing at a California prison on Friday, according to media reports.

Celebrity website TMZ, citing unnamed sources, was first to report that Sirhan, 75, had been stabbed.

Sirhan Sirhan on February 9, 2016, the day before his 15th parole rejection. – Photo: California Department of Corrections

Replying to a request for confirmation that Sirhan was wounded, Jeffrey Callison, a spokesman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, said that an inmate had been stabbed at the Richard J. Continue Reading »

VIDEO: Palestinian terrorist convicted of murdering RFK in 1968 denied parole

 

Despite recent controversy over Palestinian-born, convicted killer of Sen. Robert Kennedy, a California prison official said Sirhan Sirhan is to continue his life sentence.

News Agencies

 

Jerusalem-born Sirhan Sirhan, the assassin of Democratic presidential candidate Robert Kennedy in 1968, was denied parole for the 15th time on Wednesday, a California prison official said.

Sirhan, 71, had a suitability hearing at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility near San Diego, the California Board of Parole Hearings said on its website.

Sirhan will be up again for parole in five years, said Luis Patino, a spokesman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Continue Reading »